Calendar: Travel Medicine Conferences, Courses, and Educational Travel
(Note: This calendar is a service for the travel medicine community. The listings come from reputable individuals within the community but are not checked or necessarily endorsed by ISTM.)
Conferences
African-European Conference on Travel Medicine (AECTM). Cape Town, South Africa. February 8-11, 2004. Organized jointly by International Society of Travel Medicine and South African Society of Travel Medicine. Meeting especially targeted at European and African professionals. Leading experts from all parts of the world will present the very latest in travel and migration medicine. Many interactive sessions. Special workshops on travelers in Africa, visitors of game parks, medical services for long-term expatriates etc. Contact: Ken Brown, African Conferences and Incentives (ACI). E-mail: aectm@acitravel.co.za. Phone: (++27) (11) 475 2902. Fax: (++27) (11) 475 0366. Web address: www.istm.org; www.sastm.org.za.
Winter Wilderness Medicine Conference. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. February 13-17, 2004. The latest in winter-related wilderness and travel medicine. Contact: WMS, 3595 East Fountain Blvd., Suite A-1, Colorado Springs, CO 80910. USA. Tel: +1-719-572-9255. Fax: +1-719-572-1514. Web address: www.wms.org.
Travelers' Health. Basel, Switzerland, February 23-27, 2004. One-week update on tropical diseases and their treatments. Designed for health care professionals who advise travelers and assess travel-related problems in travelers returning from the tropics. Language: English. Course organized in collaboration with other Swiss and German institutes, under the patronage of the International Society of Travel Medicine, WHO, and the Swiss Society for Tropical Medicine. Contact: Christoph F. Hatz, MD. Swiss Tropical Institute, PO Box, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland. Fax 0041 61 284 81 06. Or call: Course Secretariate, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, Switzerland: 0041 61 284 81 06. Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch. Web address: www.sti.ch/kurses.htm.
11th International Congress of Infectious Diseases. Cancun, Mexico. March 4-7, 2004. Sponsor: International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). Official language: English. ISID, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel: (617) 277-0551. Fax: (617) 731-1541. Email: info@isid.org. Web address: www.isid.org.
Hypothermia and Cold Related Injuries. Alyeska, Alaska. March 6-11, 2004. Sponsored by the Wilderness Medical Society. Contact: WMS, 3595 East Fountain Blvd., Suite A-1, Colorado Springs, CO 80910. USA. Tel: +1-719-572-9255. Fax: +1-719-572-1514. Web address: www.wms.org.
Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine by Distance Learning. Glasgow, UK. March 8, 2004-February 2005. Year long, distance-learning course for qualified medical practitioners, nurses and other health care professionals with special interest in travel health. Diploma qualification awarded through Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. Students may be invited to continue onto MPhil in Travel Medicine through the University of St. Andrews. Overseas students particularly welcome to apply. Contact: Miss Amanda Burridge, Course Administrator, Travel Health Department, Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, Clifton House, Clifton Place, GLASGOW, G3 7LN. Tel: 0141 300 1132. Fax: 0141 300 1170. Email: Tmdiploma@scieh.csa.scot.nhs.uk. Web: www.travelcourses.scieh.scot.nhs.uk.
Wilderness Medicine Meeting: Man and Nature: The Global Environment/Human Health Interface. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 13, 2004. Topics: Mosquitoes an Overview; Tropical Skin Infections; Wilderness First Aid; Hepatitis A, Domestic Outbreaks; Animal Acquired Diseases; Dentistry in the Developing World; and Wilderness Travel and the Search for Ethical Purity. Website: www.skylarkmedicalclinic.com. For information: gary_podolsky@yahoo.com Tel: (204)453-9107.
Jungle Medicine: 2004. Belize. March 13-21, 2004. Risk and Hazard of Jungle/Wilderness/Overseas Travel. A comprehensive course in emergency wilderness medicine. Contact: Kimber Chavez, Continuing Medical Education, University of California (Davis) Health System, 3560 Business Drive, #130, Sacramento, CA 95820. Telephone: (916) 734-5390; Fax (916) 736-0188; E-mail: kimber.chavez@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu; Website: cme.ucdavis.edu.
4th European Conference on Travel Medicine (ECTM4). Rome. March 29-31, 2004. Travel Medicine and Safety. Sponsored in part by WHO and CDC, Atlanta. An interdisciplinary approach to travel medicine, preceded and followed by meetings held in close collaboration with leading societies in dermatology, occupational health, sports medicine, pediatrics, psychology and psychiatry, environmental health, cardiology, and other subjects. These meetings will be held in Venice and in other Italian cities of cultural interest. Abstracts accepted from those wishing to take part. Send abstracts to: wpasini@rimini.com by November 30, 2003. Other information: Expomedia Srl, Via XXVIII Luglio 218, 47893 Borgo Maggiore, Republic of San Marino. Tel. (+378)907577, fax (+378)944795, e-mail: info@expomedia.sm.
Havana Travel &Tropical Medicine Course. Cuba. March 29-April 3, 2004. Organizer: Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kouri" (IPK), Havana, in collaboration with Medical Services for the Tropics (MST), Maastricht, Netherlands. Lectures by leading specialists (Cuban and others) and visits to hospitals, research laboratories, and community health centers. Lab training available on request in bacteriology and parasitology, and extra module, public health. Official language: English. Medical education credits applied for from Dutch accrediting authorities. Course Coordinator: Peter de Beer, MD (PO Box 1660;6201 BR Maastricht, Netherlands. Email: mstropics@planet.nl website: www.tropenkliniek.nl) and Dr. Nereyda Cantelar of IPK.
International Medical Conference. Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile. April 2-12, 2004. A fully accredited Continuing Medical Education interactive seminar on Travel Medicine with emphasis on travel to South America. Organized by Dr. Carrie Beallorand and Dr. Kevin Kain of The Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine and the University of Toronto. Opportunity to enjoy beautiful Los Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia and cruise to Tierra Del Fuego. Information: Americas Adventures and Study Tours, 1515 Bayview Avenue, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 3B5. Telephone: 1-866-564-1226. Fax: 416-322-0541. Website: www.asiaadventures.ca/americas/chile.html.
Wilderness and Travel Medicine. Santa Fe, New Mexico. April 14-17, 2004. Sponsored by the Wilderness Medical Society. Contact: WMS, 3595 East Fountain Blvd., Suite A-1, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 USA. Tel: +1-719-572-9255. Fax: +1-719-572-1514. Web address: www.wms.org.
II International Congress on Dengue and Yellow Fever. Havana, Cuba. May 31-June 3, 2004. Organizers: Ministry of Public Health and Instituto Pedro Kouri. Sponsors: PAHO, WHO and TDR. Cuban and international faculty. State-of-the art lectures, symposia and round tables. Poster session and commercial exhibits. Topics include: vector biology and control, epidemiology, vaccinology, genetics, molecular biology, clinical management of patients; etc. Scientific committee president: Professor Gustavo Kourí. Web site: www.cidfa2004.sld.cu. Information: Archivo: ATT00004.html.
53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Miami Beach, USA. November 7-11, 2004. Contact: ASTMH, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500 Northbrook, Illinois 60062. Tel: (847) 480-9592; Fax: (847)-480-9282. E-mail: astmh@astmh.org. Web: www.astmh.org.
9th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM). Lisbon. May 1-5, 2005. Biennial meeting of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Detailed information about the meeting will be available in the next issue.
8th International Symposium on Maritime Health. Rijeka, Croatia. May 8-13, 2005. (Biennial) Organized by International Maritime Health Association and local organizers, with support from WHO, IMO, ILO and ITF. For health professionals, educators, and legislators. Faculty of international experts. Conference held aboard cruise ship originating in Venice, sailing along Adriatic coast, and visiting the cities of Rijeka and Dubrovnik. Official language: English. Contact: 8th ISMH Secretariat, RI-AK, Verdieva 6, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. Tel: +385 51 312-312; Fax: +385 51 312-333; e-mail: secr-ismh8@ri-ak-tours.hr; Web address: www.ismh8.com.
Medicine and Health in the Tropics. Marseille. September 11-15, 2005. Emphasis: integrating genetics, molecular biology, recombinant chemistry and other new fields into everyday practice; realizing that many diseases occurring in the northern hemisphere are also serious public health problems in the southern hemisphere; discussing regulations and impact of migration; and considering the ethics of availability of basic medications and the ethics of performing therapeutic research in tropical areas. 67, rue Anatole-France - 92309 Levallois-Perret cedex - FRANCE Tel. +33 1 41 05 94 10 - Fax +33 1 41 05 94 19 alexandra@albine-conseil. Website: www.iftm-pharo2005.org.
Courses/Educational Travel
Tropical Medicine Expeditions to East Africa: 9th Uganda Expedition scheduled for February 15-27, 2004, and 11th Kenya Expedition scheduled for March 7-19, 2004. In collaboration with Kay Schaefer, MD, PhD, MSc, DTM&H, of Cologne, Germany and the Universities of Nairobi and Makerere. Two-week expeditions designed for up to 8 health care professionals (doctors, public health experts, scientists, pharmacists, nurses). Participants visit hospitals and health projects in urban and rural areas. Includes individual bedside teaching, laboratory work, and lectures in epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention and control of important tropical infectious diseases. Also update on travel medicine and visit to the "Flying Doctors". 50 contact hours. Official language: English. Medical education credits applied from German accrediting authorities. Contact: Dr. Kay Schaefer, Tel/Fax: +49-221-3404905, E-Mail: contact@tropmedex.com. Web address: www.tropmedex.com.
Medical Practice for Areas with Limited Resources. Dar es Salaam & Ifakara, Tanzania. June 12 - July 4, 2004. Three-week course in the St. Francis Designated District Hospital in Ifakara and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Course uses combination of new teaching theories, advances in knowledge, and realistic medical practice in areas with limited resources to create new educational methods for medical professionals working at the district level in developing countries. Challenging academic and educational atmosphere created by highly motivated expatriate and Tanzanian staff and course participants. Language: English. Contact: Christoph F. Hatz, MD. Swiss Tropical Institute, PO Box, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland. Fax 0041 61 284 81 06. Or call: Course Secretariate, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, Switzerland: 0041 61 284 81 06. Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch. Web address: www.sti.ch/kurses.htm.
The Gorgas Expert Course. Lima, Peru. January 17-28, 2005 (and every odd-numbered year). Sponsor: Gorgas Memorial Institute. Site: Tropical Medicine Institute (IMT), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Admission restricted to those with previous formal training or extensive overseas experience. Given in English. Two weeks of bedside clinical experience in a busy 36-bed tropical disease unit. Includes: 5 hours/day inpatient/outpatient rounds, daily CPC; case presentations by participants/colleagues from around the world. Weekend excursion to the Andes: Verruga Bridge, inter-Andean valleys endemic for bartonella and leishmania; ascent to 4,800m (15,500 feet). Peru has wide spectrum of tropical diseases (see website) and IMT is the major referral center. 80 CME hours. Course Directors: Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo (IMT)
