Programme
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| 09.00 |
Welcome |
| 09.15 |
Brian Greenwood, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Progress in the control of malaria in Africa |
| 10.00 |
Peter Chiodini, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, UK
Parasitology in travel medicine
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| 10.45 |
Coffee |
| 11.00 |
Nick Beeching, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Hot and bothered - diagnosis of the returning traveller |
| 11.45 |
Lindsay Martinez, WHO, Switzerland
Tuberculosis and air travel: WHO guidance in the era of drug-resistant TB
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| 12.30 |
Jonathan Van-Tam, Pandemic Influenza Office, UK
Avian influenza and the threat of the next human pandemic |
| 13.15 |
Lunch |
| 14.15 |
Koen Van Herk, University of Antwerp. Belgium
A review of the long-term protection of hepatitis A & B vaccines |
| 15.00 |
Susan L. F. McLellan, Tulane University, USA
At the scene of the disaster: What are the real risks? |
| 15.45 |
Coffee |
| 16.00 |
Annelies Wilder-Smith, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Meningococcal disease: Vaccine strategies for travelers
The risk of dengue to international travelers
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| 16.45 - 17.00 |
Closing remarks |
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