13th International Course on Dengue, 12-23 August 2013
Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute, Havana, Cuba

Deadline for applications: 20 July, 2013

Full information online: http://instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/anuncioc/

This course is for:

Physicians, virologists, immunologists, sociologists, epidemiologists,
entomologists, and health managers

What the course covers:
Through theoretical and practical sessions, the main aspects related
to dengue will be covered: dengue epidemiology, clinical management,
diagnosis, virology and immunology, vector control, environmental
risk factors and community participation. Important aspects to be
discussed are trends of dengue at global level, impact of climate
change, new dengue clinical classification, opportunities for
diagnosis, impact of virus diversity, immunogenetics, complexity of
dengue immunity and pathogenesis, dengue vaccines,  integrated
surveillance and control, difficulties, options, challenges, economic
burden, new options for control, insecticide resistance, the
environment, health systems and dengue, among others. Within the
framework of the course, the new global initiatives for dengue and
the experiences of several countries and geographical regions will be
updated.

In the first week, general lectures as well as round tables and
symposia on the topics of clinic, emergency response, diagnostic,
pathogenesis, vaccines, antiviral drugs, integrated control and
emergent arboviruses are also scheduled. Two mini-courses on GIS and
dengue and modeling of transmission and prediction of dengue as well
as other activities and meetings will be also organized.

The course is provided by:
PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector
of the "Pedro Kourí'' Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), Havana,
Cuba, together with the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, the Cuban
Society of Microbiology & Parasitology and the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO).

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