Pneumonia is the world’s biggest infectious killer of adults and children – claiming one child every 50 seconds. Yet pneumonia remains a neglected disease – a “global cause without champions”.
COVID-19 could add 1.9 million to the death toll. But the massive effort to control the pandemic is also an opportunity – to reduce all deaths from respiratory illnesses, especially for women and children.
World AIDS Day, December 1, which also launches the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada, is a time for reflection: on what we have achieved with regard to the national and global response to HIV, and what we still must achieve.
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As one of the main founders of modern bacteriology, he identified the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax and also gave experimental support for the concept of infectious disease, which included experiments on humans and animals.
Louis Pasteur ForMemRS (/ˈluːi pæˈstɜːr/, French: ; December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of diseases, and his discoveries have saved many lives ever since. He reduced mortality from puerperal fever and created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax. His […]
Hosted by the CST's Transplant ID Group, these rounds are geared toward a Transplant and Infectious diseases audience.
The 2022 PASCV Fall Meeting returns to Chicago, IL on September 22-23. This two-day interactive meeting focuses on quantitative viral molecular testing. Learning Objectives: Describe the requirements for validating and verifying quantitative molecular assays Discuss the challenges and limitations of implementing quantitative molecular tests Recognize the clinical utility of quantitation in hepatitis B and C infections […]
ASTMH Clinical Pre-Meeting Course "The Big Syndromes in Tropical Medicine: A Practical Clinical Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Tropical Diseases". This pre-meeting course will provide the audience with a clinical update on the main tropical diseases’ syndromes. Clinical tropical and travel medicine experts from around the world will present their state of-the-art approach to the diagnosis […]
Roderick Ross Research Day Tailored Microbiology: from Metagenomics to Phages October 24, 2022 The Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases (CFID) is a charitable organization that improves the health of Canadians by supporting research and knowledge translation related to infectious diseases. CFID is proud to co-develop and present with Unity Health Toronto their annual Roderick Ross […]
Join this engaging session targeted to primary care health care providers; GPs, family medicine, pharmacists and nurses who have an interest in immunization. This is vour opportunity to ask an expert in the field and have your questions answered as they apply to your practice. Please share the invitation with your networks. Date: […]
Join this engaging session targeted to primary care health care providers; GPs, family medicine, pharmacists and nurses who have an interest in immunization. This is your opportunity to ask an expert in the field and have your questions answered as they apply to your practice. Please share the invitation with your networks. Date: […]