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Presentation of thePresentation of the
Swedish Society of Swedish Society of Tropical Medicine and Tropical Medicine and International HealthInternational Health
a a sectionsection of the Swedish Society of Medicine,of the Swedish Society of Medicine,heldheld at at it´sit´s annualannual meeting, Göteborg, Sweden, meeting, Göteborg, Sweden,
Dec. 1Dec. 1--3, 20103, 2010
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Ulf BronnerMD, PhD, Senior Consultant
President of the Society 2010
Department of InfectiousDiseases
Karolinska University Hospital
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Who are Who are wewe?? 380 members, many are specialists in infectious diseases
Founded 1961
”International health” came in 2004
”Travel medicine” left us in 2009
We welcome all with interest in tropical medicine and international health, e.g.:
– health planners– health system experts– health economists
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WeWe welcomewelcome
– nurses, physiotherapists– laboratory technicians– pediatricians– gynecologists/obstetricians– family doctors– pharmacists– researchers- scientists
– and all STUDENTS in the broad field of medicine!
WHO
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SinceSince Nov. 2009 Nov. 2009
New board, 11 members north- south with varying background
New homepage: www.tropikmedicin.se
Symposium this meeting:Dec 3: ” Can malaria in Africa be eradicated?” 08.30- 10.00
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SinceSince Nov. 2009Nov. 2009
Planning a symposium in 2011 with focuson maternity health and the population issuein collaboration with NGOs
Consider to rejoin the Federation of European Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health- FESTMIIH
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European FederationEuropean Federation Verona declaration of
2009 - 6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health:
”focused on equity, human rights and access to care”
Next congress in Barcelona October 3-6, 2011 -
”Global change, migration and health”. 2011
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International International healthhealth issuesissues
Antibiotic resistance
Maternity and child health
Implementation of health measures- health systems
Access to drugs- the role of pharmacies
Public/private health care
HIV-care
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WhatWhat is is ourour goalgoal??
The Society beeing the natural meeting-pointfor all issues related to tropical diseases , international/global health and medical aspects of migration and medicine in refugees
Maternity clinic Kazakhstan
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WhatWhat is is ourour goalgoal??
Our homepage beeing the natural start for everyone looking for updated medical, scientific and educational information in Sweden about TM, IH, migratory health, refugee medicine
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QuinineQuinine or or ArtemisininArtemisinin??for for severesevere malariamalaria
look at www.tropikmedicin.se
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Concrete commitments?
– service as nurse or doctor in an African HIV-clinic?
– work for good medical care for newly arrivedmigrants/refugeesincluding the hidden ones?
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NeglectedNeglected tropical tropical disesasesdisesases
Most are parasiticdiseases, spread by insectsranging from mosquitoes, blackflies, and snails to sandflies, tsetse flies, the “assassin bug”, and so-called flies of filth.
Others are spread by contaminated water and soil infested with the eggs of worms.
footwear in leprosy-WHO
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NeglectedNeglected tropical tropical disesasesdisesases
Neglected tropical diseases are primarilyinfectious diseases that thrive in impoverishedsettings, especially in the heat and humidityof tropical climates.
WHO
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NeglectedNeglected tropical tropical disesasesdisesases
Transmission cycles are perpetuated under conditions of environmental contamination. Environmental contamination, in turn, is perpetuated by poor standards of living and hygiene.
Once widely dispersed, these diseases are nowconcentrated in settings of extreme poverty, in urban slums or conflict zones and thrive in conditions of impoverishment.
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Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
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NeglectedNeglected tropical tropical diseasesdiseases Elsewhere, in large
parts of the world, these diseasesgradually disappearedas standards of livingand hygiene improved.
WHO
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NeglectedNeglected tropical tropical diseasesdiseases African trypanosomiasis
(sleeping sickness) Buruli ulcer Chagas disease cysticercosis dengue dracunculiasis (guinea-
worm) endemic treponematoses echinococcosis foodborne trematode
infections
leishmaniasis, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis onchocerciasis (river
blindness) rabies schistosomiasis
(bilharziasis) soil transmitted
helminthiasis trachoma
Sleeping sickness -WHO
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OurOur annualannual meetingmeeting
Tomorrow –December 2
6 PM, 18.00
Room R24/25- Svenska Mässan
The future of the Society is in the hands of itsmembers, present and new ones- JOIN!
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HowHow to to becomebecome a a membermember Mail:
If member of the Swedish MedicalAssociation: wait for the yearly invoice
If NOT member of the Swedish Medical Association: pay 150 SEK, bankgiro 632- 4008, Svenska Handelsbanken
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Thankyou!
Children in Daloa,
Côte d’Ivoire