IV Cuban Congress of Hygiene and Epidemiology - I National Congress of Infectiology
The Fourth Cuban Congress of Higyene and Epidemiology will be held in La Habana from 18 to 22 of November 1996. The main
objectives of this Congress, is to promote the encounter and the exchange of experience between national and international
specialists on the most advanced and recent scientific and technical aspects of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Infectology and related
specialities. Other objectives are the analysis of current and prospective health problems in the frame of the current and
prospective health problems in the frame of Cuban strategy to increase the health situation of the population from 1996 to 2000.
The main topics of the Congress, which include symposium and workshops, will be: epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases; clinical epidemiology; social epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; health interventions; health surveillance; nosocomial infections; teaching in hygiene and epidemiology; occupational health; health and tourism; health and reproduction; and workers health.
During November 18 and 19 several pre-congress courses will be offered on: clinical epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; social
epidemiology; health and enviroment; surveillance of micronutrient; methods of rapid epidemiological evaluation; risks, population
causality and the enviroment; epidemiology and the planning and evaluation of health services.
The deadline for presentation of abstracts is June 15, 1995.
For additional information please contact:
Secretariado Permanente del IV Congreso Nacional de Epidemiología;
Consejo Nacional de Sociedades Científicas del MINSAP;
Calle L No. 406 e/23 y 25, Vedado; Plaza de la Revolución, C.P. No. 10400,
La Habana 4 ó Centro de Eventos ORTOP.
Fax 9537) 331422 or (537) 336444 ó
Telex: 511983 ORTOP CU.
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IV Argentinian Congress on Epidemiology and Health Care
(VI Seminar on Health Services Administration) RONTAG Convention Center
Buenos Aires, Argentina: 2 to 4 September, 1996
Main topics:
- Epidemiological techniques for rapid assessment and interventions;
- Georeferenced epidemiological analysis in public health;
- Advances in epidemiology and control of nosocomial infections;
- Qualitative methods in epidemiology;
- Ethnoepidemiology, critical epidemiology and social epidemiology;
- Strategical planning;
- Total quality management.
For more information:
Ministerio de Salud y Acción Social,
Subsecretaria de Atención Médica,
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Teléfono: 54 1 381-0852 y 383-4814
.
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III Regional Congress of Information on Health Sciences
Fifth Meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information Systems
Sixth Meeting of the Brazilian Health Sciences Information Network
Rio de Janeiro, October 16-18, 1996
The III Regional Congress of Information on Health Sciences will be held from October 16 through 18, 1996 in Rio de Janeiro.
Its principal objective is to train health professionals and information specialists with the latest information technologies
and applications needed to enhance their skills and work in the area of health sciences.
Central Theme: Interrelationships of Information Technology:the near future.
Convergence of the Technologies - Information Industry: future tendencies; interactive training and learning in the medical sciences; telemedicine.
Architecture of Information System - Information superhighway; INTERNET: Protocols and standards; Information data bases.
Virtual Library: Reality of the new millennium; scientific publication in cyberspace; emerging human resources.
Systems of functions in the health sciences: administration anddecision making - Specialized systems: Genome; Epi-GIS; Local Health Information Systems; Information with added value.
During the Congress there will be conferences, round tables or panel discussions, and poster presentations open to all who are
interested. The specialty seminars will last two days. Informatics and Biotechnology and Development of epidemiological-Geographical-Information-Systems (EPI-GIS).
For further information please contact:
OPAS/BIREME
A/C Inscripción CRICS III
Rua Botucatu, 862
04023-901 Sao Paulo, SP - Brasil
Electronic Mail: INTERNET/ALTERNEX/E.MAIL:crics3@bireme.br
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The Sixth Summer Session in Intermediate Epidemiology
College of Public Health, University of Southern Florida,
Tampa, Florida: 29 July to 16 August, 1996
The Sixth Summer Session in Intermediate Epidemiology sponsored by the Health Situation Analysis Program, of the Pan
American Health Organization, will be conducted from 29 July to 16 August, 1996 at the College of Public Health, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, Florida. The courses being offered are: intermediate methods in epidemiology; statistics applied to epidemiology and the use of software packages, and the use of epidemiology in the programming and evaluation of health services. Students are required to have approved basic training in epidemiology. Courses will be conducted in Spanish, but participants must be able to read English.
For more information and application:
Carlos Castillo-Salgado,
SHA,
Pan American Health Organization,
525 Twenty-third Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20037.
Tel. (202) 974-3327;
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The Fourteenth International Course in Applied Epidemiology México: 1 to 26 July, 1996
The Fourteenth International Course in Applied Epidemiology, conferring diploma status recognized by the National Autonomos
University of Mexico, will take place from 1 to 26 of July 1996 in Mexico, D.F., under the coordination of the Directorate of
Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health of Mexico. This series of 15 courses are designed to cover two broad areas: the first includes theoretical and methodological aspects of epidemiological practice and the second, specific subject areas of applied epidemiology, such as epidemiology of communicable diseases and of chronic diseases, enviromental epidemiology and epidemiology of addiction. Other subjects are: basic and intermediate epidemiology; basic and intermediate biostatistics; design of research protocols; introduction to Epi-Info 6.0 for epidemiologic analysis; multivariate analysis in epidemiology; selected topics in clinical epidemiology and injury epidemiology.
For further information, contact:
Dirección General de Epidemiología;
Francisco de P. Miranda núm. 177;
Col. Lomas de Plateros;
Tel: 593-36-61.
Registration deadline: 14 June, 1996.
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"Health Conditions in the Americas, 1994 Edition" - CD-ROM version
Price: US$ 90.00/US$ 60.00 (in developing countries)
The CD-ROM version of "Health Conditions in the Americas, 1994 Edition," allows users to quickly and easily search, retrieve, adapt, and print the information contained in the two-volume publication. The available CD-ROM in DOS and WINDOWS version to multi-user-capable contains the full text and graphics of the printed version in both English and Spanish.
For further information or to place an order contact:
Pan American Health Organization
Publications Program
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037, USA
E-Mail: sales@paho.org;
Fax: (202) 338-0869
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