Antibiotics & resistance Q & A's Ecology Educational Publications What's happening News APUA Int'l Network Meetings Related websites About APUA About us Donate to APUA Work for APUA Contact us     Upcoming International Chapter Events May 12-15, 2009 SLIPE (XIII) (Congreso Latinoamericano de Infectologia Pediatrica) Slide Show Guayaquil, Ecuador Website: www.slipe2009.org/index.jsf?idNoticia=40 April 25-28, 2009 XIV Congreso Panamericano de Infectologia Campos do Jordao Convention Center Sao Paulo, Brazil Website: www.apinfectologia.org/?module=eventos¬a=106 March 18-20, 2009 ISAAR 2009- The 7th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance Bangkok Convention Centre CentralWorld Bangkok, Thailand Website: www.isaar.org Nov 29-Dec 3, 2008 11th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases Taipei International Convention Center, Taiwan. Website: www.wpccid2008.tw Recent Meetings June 4 - 6, 2005 First Conference of the Bulgarian Society of Medical Microbiology Sofia, Bulgaria Chapter/Sponser: APUA-Bulgaria/Bulgarian Society of Medical Microbiology/ Bulgarian Association of Microbiologists/ European Study Group on Antibiotic Policy (ESGAP)/ ESCMID Contact: Prof. Ivan Mitov, MD, PhD, Conference President, President, Bulgarian Society of Medial Microbiology Head, Chair of Microbiolgy, Medical University— Sofia, 2, Zdrave Street, Sofia 1431, BULGARIA, Fax/Phone: +359 2 951 53 17, Email: mitov@medfac.acad.bg Comments: CME credit. English language presentations with multimedia copy in Bulgarian. Poster sessions, Expert lectures, Oral sessions January 23, 2005 National Symposium on “USE OF ANTIMICROBIALS IN MEDICAL PRACTICE and the Annual Meeting of APUA India Jaipur, India Chapter/Sponser: APUA-India Contact: Jawahar S. Bapna, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Airport Road, Jaipur – 302 011, INDIA, jbapna@iihmr.org January 23 - 30, 2005 International Training Course on Promoting Rational Drug Use in the Community - See Announcement Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, India Chapter/Sponser: APUA-India/ WHO's Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (EDM), Geneva and SEARO, New Delhi/ Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs (DSPRUD), New Delhi, India/ Rajasthan Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs (RSPRUD), Jaipur, India /Asia-ITC, European Commission Contact: Jawahar S. Bapna, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Airport Road, Jaipur – 302 011, INDIA, jbapna@iihmr.org Comments: See announcement for more information. Some sponsorships are available. October 16, 2004 AMR and Appropriate Antimicrobial Therapy Conference Georgia Chapter/Sponser: APUA-Georgia with the following participant organizations: National CDC, National Center of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis Contact: Dr. Alexander Nanuashvili alexnanua@yahoo.com October 9 - October 12, 2004 Antibiotic Policy workshop at the Fifth Congress of the International Federation of Infection Porec, Croatia Chapter/Sponser: APUA Croatia/ Croatian Committee for Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance, International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC), Croatian Society of Medical Microbiology, Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences Contact: Arjana Tambic Andrasevic, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia phone:+385 1 46 03 101 fax: +385 1 46 03 280 e-mail: arjana.andrasevic@zg.tel.hr Comments: Offical Language: English October 2 - October 6, 2004 Antimicrobial Therapy session at the 3rd Croatian Congress of Infectious Diseases (with international interpretation) Opatija, Croatia Chapter/Sponser: APUA Croatia/ Croatian Committee for Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance, Croatian Society of Infectious Diseases, Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences Contact: Ljiljana Betica Radic, General Hospital Dubrovnik, phone:+385 20 411 702 fax: +385 20 426 149 e-mail: ljiljanarad@bolnica-du.hr Comments: Offical Language: Croatian and English October 2 - October 6, 2004 Nosocomial Infections session at the 3rd Croatian Congress of Infectious Diseases (with international interpretation) Opatija, Croatia Chapter/Sponser: APUA Croatia/ Croatian Committee for Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance, Croatian Society of Infectious Diseases, Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences Contact:Arjana Tambic Andrasevic, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia phone:+385 1 46 03 101 fax: +385 1 46 03 280 e-mail: arjana.andrasevic@zg.tel.hr Comments: Offical Language: Croatian and English July 14 - July 16, 2004 III Congreso Ecuatoriano Guayaquil, Ecuador Chapter/Sponser: APUA-Ecuador (co-sponsor)/Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Infectologia Contact: Dr. Washington Aleman aleman1@telconet.net Comments: Topics include AMR and prudent use of antibiotics. May 10 - May 14, 2004 XVIII Curso Intensivo, XIII Curso Latinamericano de Actualizacion en Antimicrobianos “Alicia Rossi” Buenos Aires, Argentina Chapter/Sponser: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas/ PAHO/OPS/ APUA International Contact: atb@anlis.gov.ar or (5411) 4303-2812 Comments: For more information, or to register, email atb@anlis.gov.ar or call (5411) 4303-2812. Registration closes: April 6, 2004. March 1 - March 3, 2004 Meeting and launching of website of Quality Network for Rational Drug Managment in Primary Health Care Jaipur, India Chapter/Sponser: APUA-India Contact: Professor J.S.Bapna jsbapna@iihmr.org March, 2004 Workshop on antibiotic sensitivity testing Zagreb, Croatia Chapter/Sponser: APUA-Croatia/ Croatian Committee for Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb,Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences Contact: Arjana Tambic Andrasevic, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia phone:+385 1 46 03 101 fax: +385 1 46 03 280 e-mail: arjana.andrasevic@zg.tel.hr Comments: Workshop is intended for microbiologists in the first place, but anyone interested in interpretation of antibiotic sensitivity tests is welcome. Practical work will include setting antibiotic sensitivity tests and exercising interpretative reading. Lectures will include topics: mechanisms of resistance, quality assurance, resistance patterns and antibiotic consumption in Croatian regions. Official language: Croatian and English February 29, 2004 National Symposium on Use of Antibiotics Jaipur, India Chapter/Sponser: APUA-India in collaboration with the Indian Society for Anti-microbial Chemotherapy and the National Academy of Medical Sciences Contact: Professor J.S.Bapna jsbapna@iihmr.org February 23 - February 28, 2004 International Course on Promoting Rational Drug Use in the Community Jaipur, India Chapter/Sponser: APUA-India (co-sponsor) Contact: Professor J.S.Bapna jsbapna@iihmr.org Comments: Antibiotics will be the main focus. January 17, 2004 APUA-Zambia Launch Conference Lusaka, Zambia Chapter/Sponser: APUA-Zambia Contact: Oliver Hazemba ohazemba@msh.org; Dr. James L. Mwansa jclmwansa@onebox.com Comments: One-day conference with speakers from APUA-International and the WHO.