Applications are now open for our International Workshop at Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam:
Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Elimination of Viral Hepatitis
Date: October 29 - November 2, 2018
Deadline for application: September 3, 2018
Venue: Training Center, Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
No registration fees / Accommodation will be provided
Topics: Epidemiology of viral hepatitis; Diagnostic tests and ethical considerations; Surveillance: purpose and methods, optimizing screening strategies, risk reduction; Surveillance: management, data analysis for communication and assessment of surveillance; Prevalence and burden of disease of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, HCC; Prevention and treatment: vaccines and antivirals; Access to treatment, infrastructure to monitor delivery and compliance; Role of government, NGOs, patients, industry.
Confirmed faculty: Roberto Bruzzone (Hong Kong); Benjamin Cowie (Australia); Hoang Quoc Cuong (Vietnam); Jennifer MacLachlan (Australia); Nguyen Thi Na (Vietnam); Yusuke Shimakawa (France);
Participants’ Profile: The course is speci cally designed for health personnel, mainly but not exclusively from countries in South East Asia, including medical and health professionals, policy makers, disease researchers interested in expanding their critical understanding of the complex issues to combat viral hepatitis in the context of the global WHO strategy towards its elimination as a public health threat.
Application: Please return the completed form, including 1-2 letters of recommendation, to hku-pasteur@hku.hk. Selected applicants will be notified by September 13, 2018.
