Studying and sharing expertise on the epidemiology, presentation and prevention of migrant and travel-related infections

Aims and objectives

The ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM) is dedicated to improving global knowledge and collaboration in research on travel-related infections. Together, ESGITM is committed to:

• Bringing together experts from different countries to provide a forum for sharing knowledge and expertise
• Promoting collaborative research to obtain multi-centre data on the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and prevention of travel-related infections
• Promoting multidisciplinary management of infections in travellers and immigrants
• Offering advice for travellers’ and immigrants’ health education programmes
• Promoting awareness of the importance of travel- and migration-related infections in scientific community, public, and stakeholders
• Providing educational events for infectious diseases (ID) and clinical microbiology (CM) specialists
• Working together with related ESCMID study groups
• Stimulating the cooperation between ESCMID and other international organisations interested in travel-associated infections