Outbreak Control and Prevention Africa Conference coming in AprilThe fourth biannual Outbreak Control and Prevention Africa Conference will be held at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways, Sandton from 22-23 April 2015. The two-day conference will analyse the importance of having a disaster management and preparedness plan in case of an outbreak, the understanding, surveillance and clinical treatment of infectious diseases, look at the economic effects of outbreaks and build capacity for outbreak investigations in Africa. It will also cover the industrialisation of prisons and correctional centres to promote outbreak control, look at the impact and the role of Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and how to involve communities to halt the expansion of the Ebola virus epidemic in Africa and beyond. Speakers
There will be a practical case study workshop on 'Collaborative arrangement for the prevention & management of public health events in civil aviation and screening at airports'. Dr Nozipho Thuthukile Mashaba-Mogoru & Dr Fatima Alli, Aviation Medical Assessors at Aviation Medicine South African Civil Aviation Authority, will facilitate this. For more information, email az.oc.crefsnartecnegilletni@sgnikoob or go to www.intelligencetransferc.co.za. |