Vol. 16, No. 3	September 1995

VII Annual Scientific Meeting on Epidemiology, Carabobo, Argentina

The VII Annual Scientific Meeting on Epidemiology will be held in the city of Valencia, the State of Carabobo from 18-21 October l995. Prior to the meeting, courses will be offered on l7 and l8 October 95.

IV National Congress on Hygiene and Epidemiology, Havana, Cuba

The IV Congress on Hygiene and Epidemiology will be held in Havana, Cuba from 18-22 November l995.

On l8 and l9 November, prior to the Congress, courses will be offered on: health surveillance; clinical epidemiology; social perspectives on epidemiology; health and the environment; surveillance of micronutrients; techniques for rapid epidemiological assessment; risks, population, cause of diseases, and the environment; uses of epidemiology in planning and evaluation of health services; the epidemiology of cancer; and health promotion in primary care.

For additional information, contact:

The Permanent Secretary, IV National Congress on Hygiene and Epidemiology
National Council of Scientific Societies, Ministry of Health
Calle L, #406 E/C 23 y 25 Vedado, Plaza de la Revolucion, Habana 4, Codigo Postal #10400
or, The Convention Center ORTOP
Fax: (537) 33-14-22, (537) 33-64-44
Telex: 511983 ORTOP CU

II National Congress on Public Health and I National Congress on Epidemiology, Atlapa, Panama

From 9-ll November l995 the II National Congress on Public Health and the I National Congress on Epidemiology will be held in Atlapa, Panama. The principal theme will be "Epidemiology in Health Sector Reform."

Additional topics to be discussed during the congresses are: the rocess of health sector reform in Latin America, epidemiological perspectives in the analysis of the health situation, environmental epidemiology and sustainable human development, and challenges for the health sector in the XXI century.

VI National Seminar on Epidemiology

The VI National Seminar on Epidemiology was convened in Barranquilla, Colombia. The main theme was: "New Challenges in the Epidemiology of Transmissible Diseases."

The pre-congress courses were on: epidemiological surveillance, EPIDAT, burden of diseases, meta-analysis, and how to write a scientific article. Research findings were presented.

The following related themes were discussed: the challenge of epidemiology in Colombia, new techniques for the control of malaria, contemporary aspects in the surveillance and control of dengue, recent trends in the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, virus and cancer, leishmaniasis in Colombia, new perpectives in the surveillance of tuberculosis, etc.

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