Aims and objectives
The ESCMID Study Group for Clinical Parasitology (ESGCP) is composed of expert parasitologists and keen individuals with a common goal to promote knowledge of parasitology through a wide range of activities, such as:
- Proposing sessions of outstanding scientific quality at ESCMID Global annual congress, which address topics of significant clinical and public health importance
- Collaborating with other study groups on educational and scientific projects on cross-cutting topics
- Financially supporting researchers in the field of parasitology to carry out high-quality research and to attend the Society’s annual congress
- Organising educational courses in different fields of parasitology
- Advocating the central role of parasitology in the whole array of microbiology disciplines, in a real one-health approach including ecology, animal health, and clinical and public human health