E-DRUG: 1st Global Forum on Bacterial Infections: Balancing Treatment Access and Antibiotic Resistance: India 3-5 October
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Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to the 1st Global Forum on Bacterial Infections: Balancing
Treatment Access and Antibiotic Resistance, to be held at the India Habitat
Centre in New Delhi, India, 3 - 5 October 2011.
The Global Forum, sponsored by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics &
Policy (CDDEP) and the Public Health Foundation of India, will focus on the
burden of bacterial infections in the developing world.
Other topics will include:
* Hospital-acquired infections (including pneumonia and sepsis) and
hospital infection control
* Antibiotic resistance in public, private and mission sectors
* Community-acquired pneumonia
* Antibiotic stewardship
* Use of antibiotics in the community and in hospitals and other
healthcare facilities
* Vaccines
* Antibiotics in livestock and other food animals
* Policy responses to expand antibiotic access while limiting the spread
of resistance
The Global Forum will be the first gathering of its kind held in a developing
country.We anticipate welcoming more than 600 researchers, clinicians, public
health program managers and policymakers, most from low- and middle-income
countries. Participants from both public and private sector organisations will
share research findings, challenges and solutions relevant to the developing
world.
To register and learn more.
go to
http://www.reactgroup.org/index.php?mact=News2,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid=69&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=18
See the Global Forum website for information on abstract submission, travel
awards, student prizes, confirmed speakers, exploring New Delhi and
more. Abstracts submitted early (early submission deadline is 15 April) and early
applications for travel awards will have the best chance of success.
We hope to see you in New Delhi in October.
Alix Beith <alixbeith@yahoo.com>
For Global Forum