***Apologies for cross-posting***
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to the *1st Global Forum on Bacterial Infections: Balancing
Treatment Access and Antibiotic Resistance <http://www.globalbacteria.org/>
, *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 <http://www.cddep.org/> (CDDEP) and the Public Health Foundation of
India <http://www.phfi.org/>, 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.
Click here <http://www.globalbacteria.org/conference-registration> to
register and learn more.* *Questions? Email us <globalbacteria@cddep.org>.