International Course

Measles and Rubella Elimination: Options for Public Health Interventions
December 2-5, 2019, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to solicit applications for the International Workshop on Measles and Rubelle Elimination: Options for Public Health Interventions that will be held in the Training Center of the Institut Pasteur-Ho Chi Minh City on December 2-5, 2019 (see also the attached poster and preliminary program).

The course will be taught in English

No registration fees

Free accommodation will be provided

Closing Date for Applications: September 23, 2019

Interested candidates should download the application form at

www.hkupasteur.hku.hk

and follow the specified guidelines.  Please return the completed form, including 1-2 letters of recommendation, to hku-pasteur@hku.hk.  Selected candidates will be notified before October 11 and will receive an invitation letter together with details of local arrangements.

Objectives: The international workshop on “Measles and Rubella Elimination: Options for Public Health Interventions” course will discuss the current situation of the eradication program, the efforts of the health sector towards the elimination of measles and rubella and the implementation of the proposed Operational Targets set by WHO for 2020.

Participants’ Profile: The proposed workshop is specifically designed for health personnel, mainly but not exclusively from countries in South East Asia, including medical and health professionals, policy makers, disease researchers interested in expanding their critical understanding of the complex issues to combat measles and rubella in the context of the global WHO strategy towards its elimination as a public health threat.

 

Professor Roberto Bruzzone
Co-Director, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
School of Public Health
The University of Hong Kong
7/F, JCBIR
5 Sassoon Road
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Tel:  +852 2831 5522
Fax:  +852 2872 5782
email: bruzzone@hku.hk
website: www.hkupasteur.hku.hk
http://www.pasteur.fr/fr/recherche/les-centres-recherche-transversaux/center-global-health-research-and-education
http://isaric.tghn.org/