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GH/Innovate 2010: Global Health & Innovation Conference
200 Speakers representing all disciplines of global health, social entrepreneurship, international development, and innovation. Social innovation sessions by the CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, Water.org, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, Mulago Foundation, Good Capital, mothers2mothers, Share Our Strength, Root Cause, and many others
17-18^th April 2010
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Registration & Details Registration rate increases after: FEBRUARY 15^th, 2010

2^nd International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy
The 2^nd ICDDT 2010 will be unique in promoting the translational nature of modern biomedical research, with an equal number of speakers/participants those who are basic scientists in drug discovery and those who are medical doctors associated with direct patient care and research.
1^st-4^th February 2010
Dubai, UAE
DEADLINE FOR 10% EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ON REGISTRATIONS: NOVEMBER 2^nd, 2009
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION TO PRESENT LECTURE / POSTER: OCTOBER 1^st, 2009

IEA International Course on Epidemiological Methods
Second IEA Capacity Building conference for the global South
3^rd-14^th April 2010
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The deadline for applications is: NOVEMBER 1, 2009

1st Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Global Health
Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration
9-11^th April 2010
Cuernavaca, Mexico

First global symposium on health systems research
Sponsored by: World Health Organization/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)/Alliance/Rockefeller Foundation
16-19^nd November 2010
Montreux,Switzerland

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ASTMH 58^th Annual Meeting
18^th-22^nd November 2009
Washington, DC, USA
Submission Deadline: May 6
Click here to view abstract submission information.

Second training course on laboratory biosafety & biosecurity aspects in relation to Genetically Modified Vectors (GMV) for disease control
Sponsored by: UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
23^rd - 27^th November 2009
Madurai, India
Application deadline: 1^st October 2009.

First Latin American Biosafety training course in relation to genetically modified vectors for disease control
Sponsored by WHO-TDR and organized by the PECET, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
23^rd November - 4^th December 2009.
Medellín, Colombia
All completed applications must be received by 30^th September 2009. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Asia Conference on Emerging Issues in Public Health
Emerging Issues and Future Education
29^th November - 2^nd December 2009
Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 20^th September 2009.
Click here to view abstract submission information.

Lunchtime seminars series on tropical diseases: lessons from history
Seminar 37: Pharmaceuticals, vaccines and tropical diseases
Source: World Health Organization
Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Greene, Harvard University, USA
2^nd December 2009
Webinar with global access. (Registration required.)

West African Biotechnology Workshop (WABW) series: Protozoan Pathogens Comparative Genomics Workshop
Source: WABW
14^th-18^th December 2009
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
The deadline for applications is: 31^st October, 2009
How to Apply

Advances in Malaria Research: In the Lab and the Field
12^th November 2009, at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, (US Eastern Standard Time)
Event Location: http://www.jhsph.edu/malariasummit2009
For more information, contact Carol Lin Vieira at cvieira@burnesscommunications.com or 401-714-0821.

Lunchtime seminars series on tropical diseases: lessons from history
Seminar 36: Tropical disease vectors: Identification and control
Source: World Health Organization
Speaker: Prof. Randall Packard, Johns Hopkins University, USA
4^th November 2009
Webinar with global access. (Registration required.)

3^rd OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy
Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life
27-30^th October 2009 Busan, Korea

16^th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health
Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility
25-28^th October 2009 Ottawa, Canadian

XIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Parasitología - FLAP 2009
Enfermedad de Chagas a 100 años de su Descubrimiento
22-24^th October 2009
Asunción, Paraguay

Lunchtime seminars series on tropical diseases: lessons from history
Seminar 35: Kala azar
Source: World Health Organization
Speaker: Prof. Achintya Kumar Dutta, Burdwan University, India
21^st October 2009
Webinar with global access. (Registration required.)

Fifth EDCTP Forum
Fighting HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: One World, One Partnership
12-14^th October 2009
Arusha, Tanzania

Lunchtime seminars series on tropical diseases: lessons from history
Seminar 34: Chagas disease
Source: World Health Organization
Speaker: Dr. Simone Kropf, Fiocruz, Brazil
7^th October 2009
Webinar with global access. (Registration required.)

Lunchtime seminars series on tropical diseases: lessons from history
Seminar 33: Malaria
Source: World Health Organization
Speaker: Prof. Peter Brown, Emory University, USA
23^rd September 2009
Webinar with global access. (Registration required.)

6^th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
1^st Mediterranean Conference on Migration and Travel Health
Equity, Human Rights and Access to Care
6-10^th September 2009
Verona, Italy

11^th International Dengue Course
10^th-21^st August 2009
For further information, please contact: lupe@ipk.sld.cu
La Habana, Cuba

MoodleMoot/MoodleHealth 2009
The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Latin American School for the Social Sciences.
Primer Congreso Internacional de Educación en Línea y Cultura Libre
13^th, 14^th and 15^th August 2009
Call for papers 13 June 2009 until 13 July 2009
Information and Subscriptions
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Malaria Conference 2009
A Collaborative Solution for Tropical Diseases: The Luso-American Response
8-10^th July 2009
Call for Abstracts: 15 January - 15 March 2009.
Lisbon, Portugal

2^nd Clinical Trials Course
"Design, Analyses, Interpretation and Reporting"
For further details contact the Department of Biostatistics, CMC, Vellore - 632 002, Tamilnadu, India, Phone Number +91 416 2262703, 2284205 or email: biostats@cmcvellore.ac.in
13-17^th July 2009
Vellore, India

Executive course on Global Health Diplomacy
Diplomacy is undergoing profound changes in the 21st century - and global health is one of the areas in which this is most manifested[...]
15-19^th June 2009
Application deadline: 1st April 2009.
Geneva, Switzerland

ISEqH Conference 2009
5^thInternational Conference of the International Society for Equity in Health
Social and Societal Influences on Equity in Health
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Deadline for Submission: 28 Feb 2009
9-11^th June 2009
Crete, Greece

Campbell Colloquium 2009
Campbell Collaboration Colloquium: Better evidence for a better world
Source: Campbell Collaboration
The conference will highlight the need for relevant and reliable evidence, and encourage the building of a world library of systematic reviews aimed at summarising that evidence. Contributions from low-income and middle-income countries are welcomed. The Lancet is interested in publishing papers presented at the conference; details here.
18-19^th May 2009
Oslo, Norway

12^th World Public Health Congress 2009
Source: World Federation of Public Health Associations and the Turkish Public Health Association
The theme of the 2009 conference will be 'Making a Difference in Global Public Health: Education, Research and Practice'.
27^th April - 1^st May 2009
Istanbul, Turkey

ESF Research Conferences
Europe-Africa Frontier Research Conference Series
INFECTIOUS DISEASES: FROM BASIC TO TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Source: European Science Foundation
The first conference in this series will focus on various topics around infectious diseases, paying particular attention to tuberculosis, malaria and more neglected diseases such as Buruli ulcer, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis and filariasis, along with emerging viral diseases.
4-9^th April 2009
Cape Town, South Africa

12^th Annual Scientific Conference of ICDDR,B
Source: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
The mission of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) is 'to develop and promote realistic solutions to the major health, population and nutrition problems facing the poor people of Bangladesh and other settings.' This year's conference is entitled, 'Health Systems Research: People's Needs First.'
10-12^th February 2009
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bamako 2008
Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health
Strengthening research for health, development and equity
17-19^th November 2008
Bamako, Mali
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ANDi 2008
First Meeting of the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI).
Creating a sustainable plataform for R&D innovation in Africa.
6-8^th October 2008
Abuja, Nigeria

Making the eHealth Connection
A month-long conference series at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center.
(eHealth is the use of information and communications technology to improve the performance of health systems.)
13^th July - 8^th August 2008
Bellagio, Italy

2008 Algiers
2008 Algiers Ministerial Conference on Research for Health in the African Region
Narrowing the knowledge gap for Africa's health
23^rd-26^th June 2008
Algiers, Algeria
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Forum 11
Equitable Access: Research challenges for health in developing countries
29^th October - 2^nd November 2007
Beijing, China
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