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).