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The Global Public Health implications of Tropical Diseases Research

Hosted by:
Euroscicon
Speaker:
Professor P.K. Das, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Professor Francesco Castelli,, University of Brescia, Italy
Dr. Annemieke Geluk, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Professor John Trowsdale, Cambridge University, UK
Professor Mike Doenhoff, School of Biology, University of Nottingham.¸UK
Dr William A Paxton, University of Amsterdam¸The Netherlands
Dr. Alan Thomas , Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Dr. Roberto Nisini,, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Starts:
February 24, 2011 at 09:00 am
Ends:
February 24, 2011 at 05:00 pm
Location:
The BioPark Hertfordshire, Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City,, AL7 3AX United Kingdom
Maps:

Description

“Although there is a rush of technological advancement in the tropical countries, by accepting the super technological approach in handling diseases like cardiovascular diseases, kidney diseases, diabetes, rare neurological disease etc, the most commonly encountered diseases in the tropical countries, such as infectious diseases (leprosy, drug resistant tuberculosis, leishmanissis,malaria filariais as well as common cancers like oral cancer and immunodeficiency vs malnutrition) are not getting enough attention. This meeting will explore the new technological advances and research currently being undertaken to irradicate these neglected diseases and discuss the greater implications these will have to global public health”. Meeting Chair: Professor P.K. Das, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This meeting has CPD approval

Registration required:
Yes
Free:
No

Additional information

The Deadline for abstract submissions for oral and poster presentation is November 10th 2010

The Deadline for early registration is November 20th 2010

For more information

Contact person:
Dr Shara Cohen
Email:
Website:
The Global Public Health implications of Tropical Diseases Research

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