Training Course
Insert in Courses the day February 22, 2010
Management of Programmes for Communicable Diseases Control in Sub-Saharan Africa MPCDC 2010
Pemba – Zanzibar (Tanzania)
26th July – 06th August 2010
The Ivo de Carneri Foundation, under the auspices of the Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia – WHO Collaborating Center on the implementation of TB/HIV collaborative activities, has organized the 7th edition of the international training course “Management of Programmes for Communicable Diseases Control in Sub-Saharan Africa, MPCDC 2010”.
The course, addressed to 20 participants with scientific background, 10 from developing countries and 10 from developed countries, will be held at the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri on Pemba Island – Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania), between July 26th and August 6th, 2010.
Based on availability of sponsors, 5 scholarships might be offered for partial coverage of expenses.
For the course programme and additional information, please download the attached documents.
The Italian ambassador at the Training course in Pemba
Insert in Courses the day October 21, 2009
The sixth edition of the Residential Course “Management of Communicable Diseases Control Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa”, with the participation at the opening ceremony of the Italian Ambassador in Zanzibar Francesco Catania, has just come to conclusion.
The course, organized by the Ivo de Carneri Foundation under the auspices of the Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (University of Brescia) and the Italian Cooperation, was organized in Pemba (archipelago of Zanzibar, Tanzania) at the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri from 28 September to 9 October 2009. This course, thanks to scholarships to cover full or partial costs, offers a training on the diseases of Sub-Saharan Africa to 20 health workers from different countries in the world. This year there were 10 Africans from Burkina Faso, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi and Mozambique, and 10 Europeans from France/USA, Spain, Portugal, Italy and UK.
The course has hosted international and local experts; it was officially opened by the Principal Secretary of the MoHSW Zanzibar, Dr M. Jiddawi, and this year there was the participation, as Guest of Honour, of the Italian Ambassador Dr. Francesco Catania.
The Ivo de Carneri Foundation at the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
Insert in Courses the day September 15, 2009
The Ivo de Carneri Foundation has actively participated at the 6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, which was held in Verona, September 6-10th. The European Congress, this year in Italy, was organized by Zeno Bisoffi, from the Center for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona. Bisoffi was assisted by a local organizing committee, which includes Marco Albonico, Secretary General and Scientific Director of the Ivo de Carneri Foundation.
The main theme of the Congress was “Equity, human rights and access to care”, theme that characterizes public health and neglected tropical diseases, core of the Ivo de Carneri Foundation activity since its birth. Right this year, on October 27, the Ivo de Carneri Foundation celebrates its first 15 years. At the Congress there were several international experts with speeches and presentations to update research and studies. The Ivo de Carneri Foundation had the opportunity to bring to public attention the international scientific studies and projects carried out in Pemba (archipelago of Zanzibar, Tanzania) and in Nepal.
On Monday, September 7th, in the morning session on tropical diseases, the data of the cholera epidemic occurred in 2006 in Pemba, analyzed at the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri, were presented. On Tuesday, September 8th, during the morning sessions, Marco Albonico presented the results of a study conducted in Nepal on drugs resistance in treatment of intestinal parasites in children. During the Congress, four posters, related to projects in which the Foundation is involved, were exposed: the project in Pemba for safe water, which is now vehicle for infectious diseases transmission; the project for the collection of data on endemic diseases in Zanzibar, to implement plans for prevention and treatment; the project for a new laboratory test for intestinal parasites; the project on micronutrients supplementation to control anemia in children in Nepal. Marco Albonico, as an expert in neglected tropical diseases, has also conducted a session on control of these diseases in relation to equity and human rights on Wednesday, September 9th and was part of the round table on intestinal parasites in the final morning, on Thursday, September 10th. The Ivo de Carneri Foundation was present at the Congress with Alessandra Carozzi de Carneri (President), Marco Albonico (General Secretary and Scientific Director), Deborah Cocorullo (Project Manager) and Valeria Confalonieri (Scientific Communication).
Global health and right to health
Insert in Courses the day April 8, 2009
Mind changing, start thinking at health from a global perspective and promoting the teaching of global health in Italy and in the whole world. These are the topics of the International Conference: “Equal opportunities for health: action for development”. A plan of action to teach and advocate Global Health ((Padova, 3-4 April 2009), promoted by Doctors with Africa Cuamm. The Ivo de Carneri Foundation was represented at the Conference, by Dr Marco Albonico, General Secretary, and Dr Valeria Confalonieri, Scientific Communication.
The 150 participants to the Conference came from Europe, Africa and United States. After a plenary session, four working groups have been created to work on: teaching global health; life-long learning of health professionals on global health; role of international health cooperation (at which Dr Albonico and Dr Confalonieri participated); strategies for mobilizing and sustaining financial and human resources. With the inputs from different working groups, a common plan of action to fight inequalities of health and to promote global health and its teaching has been elaborated. Teaching focused not only on training of students, medical doctors and health workers but also of people with different jobs and careers, with new courses on global health, promoting the relation with work in the field and the general awareness on inequality of health.
Training in global health to take the attention from the care of the disease and the patient to the global and social level: promoting health, a right for all.
Ivo de Carneri Foundation at the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
Insert in Courses the day April 8, 2009
Tropical Medicine will have a leading role in Verona (Italy) for five days. This year, the 6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health will be organized in Italy, 6-10 September 2009. The Ivo de Carneri Foundation is directly involved in the Congress, with the General Secretary Dr Marco Albonico as a member of the Local Organizing Committee. Further, some studies will be submitted as oral presentation or as poster, in the area of health cooperation, research and training activities of the Foundation.
The main themes of this 6th edition of the Congress are Equity, Human Rights and Access to Care. During five days different aspects of international health and tropical medicine will be discussed, among wich public health, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases and others. Areas where the Ivo de Carneri Foundation is working, together with the neglected populations, for 15 years, since its establishment.
6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
Training Course
Insert in Courses the day March 16, 2009
Management of programmes for communicable diseases control in Sub-Saharan Africa
Pemba – Zanzibar (Tanzania)
28 September – 09 October 2009
The Ivo de Carneri Foundation, under the auspices of the Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases – University of Brescia, has organized the 6th edition of the international training course “Management of programmes for communicable diseases control in Sub-Saharan Africa”.
The course, addressed at 20 participants with scientific background, 10 from Europe and 10 from East Sub-Saharan Africa, will be held at the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri on Pemba Island – Zanzibar (Tanzania), between September 28 and October 9, 2009.
Based on availability of sponsors, scholarships might be offered for full or partial coverage of expenses.
For the course programme and additional information, please download the attached documents.
Training Course “Management of Communicable Diseases Control Programmes in Sub-saharan Africa”
Insert in Courses the day November 28, 2008
The Training Course, organized by the Ivo de Carneri Foundation under the auspices of the Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (University of Brescia) and the Italian Cooperation, has been held from 10 to 21 November 2008 at the Public Health Laboratory – Ivo de Carneri, Pemba, Zanzibar. Ten participants (MD and Scientists) from African Countries (Burundi, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe) and ten from European Countries (France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland) were involved in the training, all supported with full or partial scholarships. The course was structured in presentations on the main disease priorities, targeted to local epidemiology and control strategies. The PHL-IdC monitoring and research activities were illustrated and practical sessions on parasitological diagnosis of malaria, schistosomiasis, intestinal helminths and filariasis were held in the lab. Field visits were scheduled to schistosomiasis and intestinal helminths transmission sites, to Micheweni cottage hospital and to a District Health Management Team. In addition, the participants visited Chake Chake hospital, one of the main referral district hospitals, and discussed clinical cases management with health staff, a TB clinic in Vitogniji, as well as a primary health care unit.
Training Course
Insert in Courses the day June 30, 2008
MANAGEMENT OF PROGRAMMES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONTROL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Pemba – Zanzibar (Tanzania)
10 – 21 November, 2008
The Ivo de Carneri Foundation, under the auspices of the Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases – University of Brescia, has organized the 5th edition of the international training course “Management of programmes for communicable diseases control in Sub-Saharan Africa”.
The course, addressed at 20 participants with scientific background, 10 from Europe and 10 from East Sub-Saharan Africa, will be held at the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri on Pemba Island – Zanzibar (Tanzania), between November 10th and 21st 2008.
Scholarships are available for the coverage of travel expenses, full board and inscription fee.
For the course programme and additional information, please download the attached documents.