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Ethnicity and Health in Suriname
17 june 2024Ethnicity 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 2024The 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 2024Two 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 2024The 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 2023The 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 2023From 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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3 Malawian graduates in ECSACOP ceremony at Vic falls
1 september 2023Three Malawian registrars have successfully completed their training in Internal Medicine in the ECSACOP (East, Central, Southern African Colleges of Physicians) program and graduated on 31 August during a ceremony at the ECSACOP 2023 annual meeting, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe....
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Senegal visit
2 august 2023From 24-30 July a DNDi team visited Senegal to explore options for collaboration in mycetoma. The team was hosted by Prof Doudou Sow; visits were made to the University Hospitals of Dakar, Thies and St Louis....
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Interplast mission Uganda
26 april 2023A team of doctors and nurses visited Uganda from 8 to 22 April 2023 to provide care and training in the context of wound management, with emphasis on burn injuries. ...
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In memoriam Professor A.M. El-Hassan
6 december 2022Prof Ahmed Mohamed El-Hassan, a pathologist by training, was an excellent researcher, clinician, and teacher / mentor. He understood the importance of a holistic approach to the patient with input from clinicians, basic scientists, entomologists, and others, as these are complementary and essential ...
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Ethnicity and Health in Suriname
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 600,0