Presentations online from five ESCMID courses this autumn
The slides from the courses on zoonoses, antibiotic resistance, hospital epidemiology, mycology and virology are now available to ESCMID members.
New presentations online from ESCMID conference
The slides from the conference on antibiotic treatment failure in the absence of antibiotic resistance from 25 - 27 November 2010 are now available to ESCMID members.
ESCMID seeking a Task Force Coordinator for clinical practice guidelines
ESCMID seeks a society member to take up this position which will be pivotal in the strategy to increase our contribution to pan-European clinical guidelines. Apply by 27 November!
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Whilst rates of influenza, particularly the new H1N1 strain, increase in intensity and geographical spread across Europe, the roll out of the vaccination campaigns is receiving mixed levels of uptake and opposition from anti-vaccine campaigners that puts at risk public health and lives. Read more in the press release.
New strains, tougher gains
Europe is not immune to the growing global threat that can be posed by an isolated outbreak of an infectious disease in a seemingly remote part of the world, and therefore needs to be prepared to prevent, control and treat emerging, and re-emerging, infectious diseases. Read Giuseppe Cornaglia's editorial in the EU Public Health Services review.
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Report from 5th ESCMID-FEMS Conference on New Frontiers on Microbiology and Infection
The conference covered microbial pathogenesis to the discovery of antivirulence drugs and took place in Les Diablerets, Switzerland from 4 to 8 October 2009.
Report on ASM-ESCMID Workshop available
The workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance among Bacterial Pathogens: Mechanisms, Detection and Molecular Epidemiology took place in Cairo, Egypt from 1 to 3 October 2009.
World Pneumonia Day on 2 November 2009
This neglected disease kills two million children every year - more than AIDs and measles combined. Too many children suffer and die from a disease that we know how to prevent and treat. Read about a three-tiered approach to tackling the world's deadliest killer of children: protect, treat and prevent.
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ESC Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis now available
These guidelines, endorsed by ESCMID and ISC, can be downloaded from the website.
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ESCMID Collaboration at the 3rd DICID in Beijing, China
After the successful experience of last year's edition, and as a follow up to our previous initiatives in this country, ESCMID endorsed the Ditan International Conference on Infectious Diseases held in Beijing on 30 July - 2 August 2009.
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New presentations online from parasitology, biofilm and neuroinfection workshops
ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop on Parasitology in Amsterdam
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ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop on Biofilms in Copenhagen
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ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop on Experimental Neuroinfection in Berne
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EU calls and other funding
Find updates on important European funding programmes and the latest calls for proposals.
Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)
EDCTP (TB Vaccines, HIV/AIDS Treatment)
ESF: Research Networking Programme
EU calls for Health topics in FP7
We’d like to draw your attention especially to the following Health calls with various topics in the infection field.
- FP7-Health-2010
- FP7-INFLUENZA-2010
- FP7-AFRICA-2010
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ESCMID Summer School 2009
60 participants took advantage of numerous topical plenary lectures, pro-contra sessions and small-group tutorial sessions in Porto from 11 - 17 July. The next Summer School will take place in Cappadocia, Turkey.
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On 8 July 2009 the Commission adopted the proposal to increase vaccination coverage in risk groups to 75% by 2015. The proposal is available for download in English, French and German.
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European travellers continue to put their health at risk
ESCMID has just released a communication on travel-related illness, which will be distributed among the press to raise awareness among the public.
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New EUCAST website gives harmonized susceptibility testing breakpoints
Find detailed information including harmonized MIC breakpoints for all widely used agents as well as breakpoints for new agents. Information on current development of a EUCAST disk diffusion method is also given.
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European Council 2009 meeting
In the minutes from the 17 May 2009 meeting in Helsinki, Finland you can read about projects such as planned joint symposia with national European societies.
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ECCMID 2009 Opinion Poll - 599 participated
We thank all those who took the time to fill out the poll. Numerous suggestions were given that will be evaluated for inclusion into next year's programme.
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ESCMID participates in Latino-American workshops on antimicrobial resistance
The ESCMID/API Workshop in Caracas was a success with over 100 young participants and faculty. ESCMID delegates also travelled to northern Venezuela to participate in another workshop on bacterial resistance in hospitals.
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International IACMAC/ESCMID Conference on Antimicrobial Therapy - over 1000 participants
This fifth joint conference was held on 24-26 May 2009 in Moscow, Russia. IACMAC is an ESCMID-affiliated Society, which has established programmes of regional and interregional antibiotic resistance monitoring in Russia.
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Webcasts available for 2nd International Day of Fighting Infections
The webcasts of the presentations from the symposium in Malta are now available online. Well-renown speakers discussed the contagion scare in the past, present and future.
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You can apply now for Observerships!
Observerships are for ESCMID members intending to visit one of the 25 ESCMID Collaborative Centres from one day to one month to learn good clinical and/or laboratory practice. Applicants can apply now through the website.
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Scientific highlights from ECCMID 2009
The very latest scientific achievements and findings in diagnostics and treatment of infectious diseases were presented at the ECCMID 2009.
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ECCMID press release
6650 delegates attended the 19th ECCMID in Helsinki
Delegates from 100 countries could attend 147 oral sessions. Altogether 246 contact hours were offered. See you next year in Vienna!
New Executive Committee 2009-2011
Javier Garau was inaugurated as the new ESCMID President at the Assembly of Members. New board members, Winfried Kern and Evelina Tacconelli, took office. Ragnar Norrby's and Andreas Voss's terms in the Committee ended.
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ESCMID awardees honoured at ECCMID
ESCMID proudly presents the 2009 recipients of the Excellence Award, Young Investigator Awards, ESCMID / bioMérieux Award, ISF Sepsis Award, Research Grants and Training Fellowships.
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ECCMID late breaker session on Swine Flu
Should we expect the unexpected from Influenza? The webcast for the late-breaker session on Swine Flu is now freely available on the website.
ESCMID/The Lancet press release
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EUCAST presentation now available
This presentation gives an overview of EUCAST and its activities.
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ECCMID Late Breaker Session on Swine Influenza
On Sunday, 17 May at 18.15-19.15 in Lecture Hall 1, there will be a late-breaker session on Swine Flu.
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ESCMID statement on Swine Flu
As the world reacts to the appearance of human cases of Swine Influenza A (H1N1), ESCMID calls for vigilance and international networking.
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2nd International Day for Fighting Infection: on 23 April 2009
On the 2nd International Day for Fighting Infection experts say both hospitals and the public need to be as vigilant as ever against infection.
Stopping tuberculosis: World TB Day on 24 March 2009
ESCMID President’s message on World TB Day: Drug-resistant tuberculosis is not being addressed sufficiently and poses a formidable challenge for the therapeutic treatment in Europe and beyond.
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ESCMID is a partner in TROCAR, a new European FP7 project
In February 2009, more than 20 researchers met in Barcelona to draw up plans for the 3-year project on antimicrobial resistance and set up the work plan.
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