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Workshop on Tropical and Travel Medicine

Topic	Workshop on Tropical and Travel Medicine
Course Type	Workshop
Content	Please refer to Programme Outline
Date	20 January 2016 - 22 January 2016
Venue	Lecture Theatre, G/F, Centre for Health Protection, 147C Argyle Street, Kowloon
Organizer	Organised by Infectious Disease Control Training Centre, Hospital Authority/ Infection Control Branch, Centre for Health Protection; Chief Infection Control Officer’s Office, Hospital Authority
Target Group	Medical and nursing staff working in AED,& Medicine, Paediatrics, Clinical Microbiology , ICU and family medicine, ID specialists (adult and paediatrics), Public Health and other physicians who are interested in the subjects Infection Control Nurse or Officers in public and private hospitals & Department of Health
Speakers	Topic Speakers Audio 20 Jan pm Session I Ebola, Chikungunya and Other Alphaviruses Dr James Whitehorn Audio Neglected tropical diseases Prof David Mabey Audio Entomology for the Clinician Dr James Whitehorn Audio Tropical dermatology Prof David Mabey and Dr James Whitehorn Audio 21 Jan am Session I Enigmatic fever in a returning traveller Prof David Mabey / Dr Behzad Nadjm Prof David Mabey and Dr Behzad Nadjm Audio(Prof Mabey/ Dr Nadjm Typhus especially Spotted fever typhus Prof David Mabey, Dr James Whitehorn and Dr Behzad Nadjm Audio Malaria – past, present, future Dr Behzad Nadjm Audio Eosinophilia in the returning traveller Prof David Mabey Audio 21 Jan pm Session II Outbreak Investigation: experience of managing Ebola outbreak in West Africa Prof Rosanna Peeling and Dr James Whitehorn Audio The immunosuppressed traveller Prof Leo Visser Audio Principles and practice of vaccinology Prof Leo Visser Audio Point of Care Diagnostics Prof Rosanna Peeling Audio 22 Jan am Common Parasitic diseases in HK Dr Bonnie Wong   Pre-travel recommendations for travellers Dr PY Fan   Case Presentation Dr Jacky Chan   Sharing on Zika virus outbreak in the Americas Prof Rosanna Peeling and Dr James Whitehorn Audio
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