Aug 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
After 30 years of the first edition of the course and in the framework of the 80 Anniversary of the institute of Tropical medicine, the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector of the Institute of Tropical Medicine/MINSAP, the Cuban Society of Microbiology and Parasitology, the Cuban Ministry of Health and PAHO-WHO organized the 15th edition of the Dengue International Course, in this occasion facing Zika and Chikungunya from 7th-18th August 2017. (more…)
May 23, 2017 | equity of access to healthcare, social inequalities in health
This editorial, written by Andréa Caprara and Valéry Ridde, was published last November in issue 23 of the Global Health Promotion magazine. It addresses the need to strengthen health promotion in Latin America through the example of the Zika epidemic. This article is also available in spanish, portuguese and in french. (more…)
Feb 9, 2017 | equity of access to healthcare
Challenges of Zika and Chikungunya transmission
7-18th August 2017
Havana, Cuba
First Announcement
Auspices by
‘Pedro Kourí’ Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK)
Cuban Society of Microbiology & Parasitology (SCMP)
Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba (MINSAP)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)-World Health Organization (WHO)
ZIKAPLAN
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