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• DTM&H Course, Bernard Nocht Institute, Hamburg, 16 April 2026

  25 march 2026

  Presentations will be made on Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL, kala-azar) and Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL): epidemiology, entomology, clinical features, pathophysiology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment and control Intoxications and poisoning Macro ...

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• 23rd Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), Santiago, Chile, 11-15 October 2026

  25 march 2026

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• 21st European Burns Association Congress 3-6 September 2025, Berlin, Germany

  17 september 2025

  Contributions included (see under Events): Presentations on 1. Use of tropical fruit Papaya in treatment of burn injuries 2. Toxic epidermal necrolysis  ...

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• PKDL Consortium meeting Kolkata, 28-29 November 2024

  10 january 2025

  The Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) Consortium was founded in 2012;  the 7th meeting was held in Kolkata, India. The Consortium aims to promote all aspects of PKDL both with regard to clinical management as well as control. In the meeting, epidemiology and control, immunology, vaccine...

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• Ethnicity and Health in Suriname

  17 june 2024

  Ethnicity and health in Suriname   Abstract Suriname is a New World country that became independent of the Netherlands in 1975. It has a diverse population of around 600,000 people reflecting its migrant history particularly the slave trade that provided workers for the plantations. Th...

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• Surinam visit 13-28 April 2024

  30 april 2024

  The Center delivered two lectures: 1. Recent trends in leishmaniasis - at the Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Hospital Paramaribo 2. Filariasis - a guest lecture in a series of lectures on parasitology for second year medical students, Faculty for Medical Education Sciences, Anton de...

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• Publications in Medicus Tropicus bulletin – MTb 1 April 2024

  1 april 2024

  Two articles were published: 1. A letter to the readership on leaving the Editorial Board (Ed Zijlstra) after 13 years of service 2. The start of a blog in each issue on a current topic of interest Both papers can be found under Publications (Contributions to Medicus Tropicus - MT)...

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• Guidelines Development Group on Visceral Leishmaniasis and PKDL 2023-2024

  30 january 2024

  The Center participated in the WHO Guidelines Development Group (GDG) discussions on new data on treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (relapse) and PKDL (Sudan)....

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• Malawi visit to Kamuzu University of Health Sciences and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre

  28 september 2023

  The visit will take place from 23 September to 11 November 2023 and will be dedicated to the teaching of post-graduate students in Tropical Medicine, in particular Neglected Tropical Diseases, and a selection of Tropical Dermatology conditions such as implantation mycoses. In addition, teaching s...

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• European Burn Association meeting, Nantes, France

  10 september 2023

  From 6 - 9 September 2023 the EBA meeting was held in Nantes, France. A poster presentation was made on "Reverse technology in the treatment of burns: the use of tropical fruits" Helma Hofland, also presenting on behalf of  Nancy van Loey, received the price for the Best Psychosocial present...

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