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The course aims to facilitate critical decision-making in vaccinology by providing participants with a comprehensive overview of the field, from immunology to vaccine development and clinical trials, as well as the social, economic, political and ethical issues of vaccination.  The Course is relevant for both the public and private sectors.

Fellowships covering travel expenses, as well as registration and accommodation fees will be available for a number of selected participants in accordance with the criteria outlined on the website.  These fellowships are provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).

Date: 11-22 May 2020

Venue: Veyrier du Lac (near Annecy), France

https://www.advac.org/ 

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

“It is time for the world to take notice and redouble our efforts. We need to work together in solidarity with the DRC to end this outbreak and build a better health system,” said Dr. Tedros. “Extraordinary work has been done for almost a year under the most difficult circumstances. We all owe it to these responders -- coming from not just WHO but also government, partners and communities -- to shoulder more of the burden.”

The declaration followed a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for EVD in the DRC. The Committee cited recent developments in the outbreak in making its recommendation, including the first confirmed case in Goma, a city of almost two million people on the border with Rwanda, and the gateway to the rest of DRC and the world.

This was the fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee since the outbreak was declared on 1 August 2018. 

https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/17-07-2019-ebola-outbreak-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-declared-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern

Join Dr. William Horsnell and panelists from prestigious institutions across the globe in our live virtual event.

Panelists include Dr Justin Komguep Nono (CDF Fellow) based at UCT.

Panelists will discuss these questions and more:

• Which countries have succeeded in reducing their helminth burdens in endemic populations and which methods were most effective?
• What is the evidence to support the claim that helminth infections suppress auto-immunity and allergic disease?
• What are the current hopes for a hookworm vaccine or vaccines against any other pathogen class?
• Is antihelminthic resistance a growing problem and, if so, what can be done?
• Can big pharma ever be solicited to focus on developing new classes of antihelminthic drugs?

JULY 30, 2019
2:00 – 3:30PM ET (US Eastern)
1:00 – 2:30PM CT (US Central)

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Eminent SA Aids scientist - Prof Salim Abdool Karim - inducted into the Royal Society. Abdool Karim joined about 40 leading scientists globally who were inducted as fellows of the oldest academy at a ceremony in London.

SA’s leading Aids researcher and scientist, Prof Salim Abdool Karim, was inducted on Friday as a fellow of the prestigious science academy the Royal Society. The London-based Royal Society was established in 1660 by royal charter and has included many of the world’s leading scientists over the past four centuries, from Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin to Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Fellowship of the Royal Society is awarded to an individual who has made a “substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

https://royalsociety.org/people/salim-abdool-karim-14074/