Title: Dengue and Climate Change: Emerging Disease in Non-Endemic Regions

Date: Wednesday, 28th June 2023

Time: 9.00 EDT UTC-04 (The webinar is approximately 90 minutes)

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Registration Fee:

Complimentary 

You must register to attend. If you are not a member and wish to attend, you can create a free profile here, but membership is always encouraged as it is the most beneficial. 

Summary:

Dengue, the most common arboviral disease, continues to afflict large tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world, with outbreaks ongoing after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and population mobility. With climate change, urbanization, increasing population density and vector density, innovative control strategies are needed, whether through vector control and/or new vaccine development. 

Webinar Faculty:

PEC Incoming Chair: Dr. Yen Bui

Immediate Past President, ISTM: Dr. Lin Chen

Moderator: 

Dr Francesca Norman

National Referral Unit for Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department,

Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain

Speakers: 

Dr Tomas Jelinek

Medical Director, Berlin Center for Travel & Tropical Medicine, Germany

Scientific Director, Center for Travel Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany

Dr Anna Durbin

Professor, International Health Director, Center for Immunization Research

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

Dr Gabriela Paz-Bailey

Chief, Dengue Branch, Division of Vector Borne-Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this webinar, the attendee will be able to: 

1. Identify the most promising vector control strategies

2. Discuss the efficacy and safety of the main vaccines in development 

3. Recognize populations at risk, including travelers, who would most benefit from these vaccines

Who Should Attend:

- Travel Health practitioners - Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists

-  Public Health practitioners and policy makers

- Military Medicine personnel

- Any others who care for travelers or expatriates