Scientific
Programme
View the scientific programme to date - current as of June 1st
Scientific Programme
Committee
Chair
Matshediso Kgamane
Botswana
Co-Chair
Charles Tarimo
Tanzania
Associate Co-Chairs
Yetunde Fadipe
Nigeria
Colombe Irahali
Cameroon
Sonia Kechaou-Cherif
Tunisia
Leonard Malasa
Tanzania
Abdul-Letif Mohammed
Ethiopia
Paul Yonga
Kenya
Members
Yaone Bogatsu
Botswana
Evans Chinkoyo
Zambia
Eyerusalem Getaneh
Ethiopia
Nkechi Ilodibia
Nigeria
Charles Kitenge
Democratic Republic of Congo
Simbarashe Makuni
Zimbabwe
Leon Ogoti
Kenya
Kenny Prince-Agbodjian
Senegal
Walaa Shabana
Egypt
1
Emerging topics in travel medicine
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AI and new technologies
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Climate change and arboviruses
2
The latest in managing infectious diseases
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The changing epidemiology of Dengue and Lyme Disease
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Novel approaches to Malaria research and drug resistance
3
Pre, during and post-travel medicine care
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Yellow Fever clinical considerations
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Evacuation and repatriation
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Psychological health of travellers, assignees, and migrants
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The ill returning traveller
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Regional travel health risks - what travellers need to know
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Special populations + itineraries
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Medical tourism
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Mass gatherings
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Wilderness medicine
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Paediatric VFR travellers
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Caring for older travellers and those with co-morbidities
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Malaria prevention strategies for risk groups
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The business of travel medicine
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Establishing a travel clinic
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Opportunities and challenges in travel nursing
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Ethical considerations in travel medicine
Access the programme to date - current as of June 1st.
Oral and poster presentations
Presenters to be confirmed in June.
- Pan African Travel Medicine Federation + RCISTM9 Conference118 days to the event