Calendar: Travel Medicine Conferences, Courses, Educational Travel
Conferences (2001)
Wilderness & Travel Medicine for Primary Care Providers. San Diego, September 28-30, 2001. Orlando, October 12-14, 2001. Sponsor: Wilderness Medical Society (WMS), Weekend courses. "In a shrinking world, every primary care provider must be familiar with basic wilderness and travel medicine. WMS, 3695 E. Fountain Blvd. Ste. A1, Colorado Springs, CO 80910. Tel: 719-572-9255. Contact: Email: wms@wms.org; Web address: www.wms.org
Medizin und Mobilität. Oberpfaffenhofen (near Munich), Germany. October 11 - 13, 2001. German Society for Aviation and Space Medicine in cooperation with the German societies for mountain and expedition medicine, polar medicine, travel medicine, tropical medicine and diving medicine. Official language: German. Contact: DGLRM-Kongresssekretariat Medizin und Mobilität 2001, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedicin des DLR, Linde Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany. Fax: 0 22 03/69 52 11.
Challenges in Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Pontresina, Switzerland September 30 - October 3, 2001. A joint meeting of the Swiss/Italian Societies of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Distinguished international speakers will review major problems and achievements in the fields of tropical medicine, parasitology, and travel medicine and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and data. Contact: Felix Grimm, c/o Institute of Parasitology, Winterthurerstrasse 226a, 8057 Zurich - Switzerland. Fax: + 41 (01) 635-8907. Email: sitap@vetparas.unizh.ch/.
54th World Congress of the World Thermalism and Climatology Federation (FEMTEC), 2nd Latin American Congress of Tourism and Health (FLT), and 3rd International Congress of Tourism and Health. Varadero, Cuba. November 19 - 23, 2001. The use of natural resources to promote health. Official languages: Spanish and English. Contact: Secretary to the Organizing Committee Margarita Roca Sardina, Ave. 43, No. 1418 Esq. a Calle 18, Miramar, Playa, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba. Tel: (53 7) 24 7218. Fax: (53 7) 24 1330 Email: despacho@sermed.cha.cyt.cu.
12th Conference on the Health of International Travelers. Montreal, Canada. November 29 and 30, 2001. New vaccines, new clients with the growing popularity of mountain and adventure travels, DVT, HIV PEP for travelers and a broad overview of the latest in travel medicine from leaders in the field. Includes lectures, workshops and case studies. Conferences in English or French - with simultaneous interpretation. Contact: Mrs Nicole Côté or Dr Dominique Tessier, 500, Sherbrooke street, West, suite 1100, Montreal (Quebec) Canada H3A 3C6. Tel: (514) 499-2777-248, Fax: (514) 845-4842. Email: nicco@xchg.medisys.ca.
Conferences (2002)
Winter Wilderness and Travel Medicine Course. Big Sky, Montana, February 10-13, 2002. Cold weather aspects of travel and wilderness medicine. WMS, 3695 E. Fountain Blvd., Ste. A1, Colorado Springs, Co 80910. Contact WMS Meetings Plus 1-800-800-6819. Email: wms@wms.org; Web address: www.wms.org
8th Swiss International Short Course on Travellers' Health. Basel, Switzerland. February 25 - March 1, 2002. Organized by the Swiss Tropical Institute and under the patronage of the International Society of Travel Medicine A 1-week course providing comprehensive training in all aspects of travel medicine. Official language: English. Contact: Swiss Tropical Institute, Course Secretariat, Socinstrasse 57, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland. Tel: +41 61 284 82 80. Fax: +41 61 284 81 06. Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch.
III European Conference on Travel Medicine: Travel and Epidemics. Florence, Italy. May 15-18, 2002. A broad overview of the latest in travel medicine from leaders in the field. Sponsor: WHO Collaborating Centre for Tourist Health. Official Language: English. Contact: Dr. Walter Pasini Viale Dardanelli, 64 47900 Rimini, ltaly Tel. +39-0541-24301 or +39-0541-53209. Fax +39-0541-25748. E-mail: wpasini@rimini com. Or contact: Conference Secretariat: Travel Agency Girovagare, Viale Milton n. 81, 1- 50129 Firenze, Italy. Tel: 39 055 494949. Fax: 39 055 476393.
3rd Scandinavian Forum for Travel Medicine 2002. Copenhagen, Denmark. May 22-24, 2002. Sponsors: Travel medicine societies in Denmark, Sweden and Norway in collaboration with WHO. A focus on the scientific basis for travel medicine through state-of-the-art reviews, symposia, and free communications. Health risks when traveling to Eastern European countries. Official language: English - with parallel sessions in Scandinavian languages. Contact: Conference secretariat: ICS A/S Copenhagen, Strandvejen 171, P.O. Box 41, DK-2900 Hellerup Denmark. Tel: +45 3946 0500 Fax: +45 3946 0515. Email: forum2002@ics.dk; Web address: www.ics.dk
Third European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Lisbon, Portugal September 8-12, 2002. "Tropical Medicine: A Global Challenge." Under the auspices of the Federation of the European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health. Hosted by the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical. his Conference will concentrate on tropical medicine, travel medicine, migration, medicine, and international health , involving different experts to explore future innovative collaboration. Official language: English. Local Committee Chairman: Professor Dr. F. Antunes, Instituto de Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira, 96 PT-1600 Lisbon Tel: ++351-21-365-2638 Fax: ++351-21-797-6242 Email: ip231874@ip.pt; Web address: www.kit.de/tropical2002/
IV Biennial Asia Pacific Travel Health Conference. Shanghai, China: October 22-25, 2002. Travel Health in the Asia Pacific Region: New Frontiers and Challenges. Sponsor: Asia Pacific Travel Health Society Official language: English - with simultaneous translation of the plenary meetings into Chinese. Contact: Ms. Zhou Yifan, Secretariat of 4APTHC, Room 1705, No. 2669 Xie Tu Road, Shanghai 200030 China. Tel: 86-21 64398193. Fax: 86-21 64398194. Email: apthc2002@sh163.net; Web address: www.2002APTHC.NET
CISTM8 8th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. (see box, page 1.) New York. May 7-11, 2003. Contact: CISTM8 Conference Secretariat: Talley Management Group, Inc., 19 Mantua Rd. Mt. Royal, NJ 08061 USA. Tel: (856) 423-7222 Ext 218. Fax: (856) 423-3420.
Courses/Educational Travel (2002)
Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), Cambodia. Conference date: February 18-22, 2002. (Travelling date: February 15-25, 2002.) CME on Travel and Tropical Medicine. Accredited by the University of Toronto. Sponsored by The Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital. Course organizer: Kevin C. Kain, MD, FRCPC, Director, Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine, EN G-224, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street. Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4, Kevin.kain@uhn.on.ca Travel arrangement through: Yue Chi, Concepts East Travel, 120 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 904 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 1E2 Tel: 416-322-3387 or 1-888-302-1222. Fax: 416-322-3129. E-mail: chiyue@idirect.com
The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine Lima, and the Andes and Amazon regions, Peru. January 28 - March 29, 2002 Waiting list only for this date. Course scheduled for 2003 and 2004. Sponsored by the University of Alabama and the IAMAT Foundation. Includes lectures, case conferences, diagnostic laboratory procedures, and bedside teaching in a 36-bed tropical medicine unit. Official language: English. International Faculty. 380 contact hours. Contact: David O. Freedman, M.D. Gorgas Memorial Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 530 Third Avenue South, BBRB 203, Birmingham, AL 35294. Fax: 205-934-5600 Or call: The Division of Continuing Medical Education at 800-UAB-MIST (U.S.) or 205-934-2687 (from overseas) Email: info@gorgas.org; Web address: www.gorgas.org.
Tropical Medicine Expeditions to East Africa. Kenya, February 3 - 15, 2002. Uganda. February 24 - March 2002. Sponsors: Tropical Medicine Center, Cologne, Germany, University of Nairobi, Kenya, and University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda. Official language: English. Expedition designed for a limited number of physicians, public health experts, nurses. Visits to many hospitals and projects in urban and rural areas. Includes bedside teaching, laboratory work, and lectures in the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and control of all important tropical diseases. 50 contact hours. Contact: Kay Schaefer, MD. Fax: +49 221-340 49 05. E-Mail: contact@tropmedex.com; Website: www.tropmedex.com
Medical Practice with Limited Resources. Ifakara, Tanzania. June 8-28, 2002. Organized by the Swiss Tropical Institute. Three-week course to teach clinical tropical medicine within the health facilities of tropical countries. Official language: English. Contact: Swiss Tropical Institute, Course Secretariat, Socinstrasse 57, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland. Tel: +4161 284 82 80. Fax: +41 61 284 81 06. Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch.
