7th International Day for Fighting Infection "Learning from the Past for Shaping a Better Future"
24 April 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark
Organizers
Organized by ESCMID in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe
Description
The role played by the infectious diseases in shaping social and cultural life has always been central to ESCMID and to its mission. Since 2008, this is celebrated
in an annual meeting held on (or around) St. George’s day (April 23) and named as the “International Day for Fighting Infection”. In 2015 this date coincides with
the ESCMID annual congress in Copenhagen and with the conclusion of WHO’s “World Immunization Week”. It seemed very fitting to both ESCMID and WHO to
organize a joint meeting highlighting current hot topics in vaccination and stressing the many similarities of their respective missions.
Conference Venue
WHO Regional Office for Europe
UN City
Marmorvej 51
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Scientific Programme
All presentations can be downloaded in our Online Lecture Library.
Press release (16 March)
Chairpersons:
Giuseppe Cornaglia, ESCMID International Affairs Director, Verona, Italy
Robb Butler, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday, 24 April 2015 - Meeting Room "Auditorium III"
13:00 | Registration |
14:00 | Welcome Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director WHO Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark Murat Akova, ESCMID President, Ankara, Turkey |
14:15 | Looking back on history and progress of Polio eradication Robb Butler, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark |
14:45 | Clinical management of patients with Ebola viral disease Dina Pfeifer, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark |
15:15 | Coffee |
15:45 | Are Vaccines the Solution to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance? The Pneumococcal Paradigm Ron Dagan, Beer Sheva, Israel |
16:25 | Research and innovation to prevent and control M/XDR-TB Colleen Acosta, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark |
17:00 | Reception (Lounge area/Atrium 1 and 9) |
Contact Person (Scientific Programme)
Dr Nienke van de Sande-Bruinsma
Technical Officer AMR
Communicable Diseases,
Health Security, and Environment
WHO Regional Office for Europe
UN City
Marmorvej 51
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Phone +45 45 33 68 27
nvs[at]euro.who.int
Administrative Secretariat
Thomas Greif
ESCMID Executive Office
Gerbergasse 14
4001 Basel, Switzerland
Phone +41 61 508 01 54
thomas.greif[at]escmid.org