The course in Turku 18-20th July was well attended

We had a great course in Turku, Finland on the 18-20th July, with people attending from many countries.

[five days left to register] NOSOVE course 2016, 18-20 July in Turku, Finland

>>>Five more days left to register!<<<

NOSOVE organizes an international course 
to veterinarians, epidemiologists,

medical doctors, biologists, media representatives, 
and others interested in the topics.

Time: Monday 18.07.2016 – Wednesday 20.07.2016

Venue: Koulu, Eerikinkatu 18, Turku, Finland

http://www.visitturku.fi

Participation fee:

250 € for the whole course, including lunches, coffees, course dinner, and diploma.

Or 80 € for Monday only, including lunch, afternoon coffee, and diploma.

Language of the course: English.

Preparations for the course: Voluntary pre-reading will be suggested, bringing a laptop is useful.

Deadline for registration: 15.05.2016.

Register by sending an email to brian.lassen@gmail.com with the following information:

First name

Last name

Email-address

Phone number

Affiliation

Special dietary requests

Do you register for the whole course or for Monday only

Anything else you wish to tell the organizers

The course is organized if the minimum number of participants is exceeded. The number of participants is limited, and priority is given to those attending the whole course and those registering early.

The registrations will be confirmed by 20.05.2016, with instructions regarding paying the participation fee. The deadline of the payments will be 15.06.2016.

Teachers: 

Arvo Viltrop

Prof.

Estonia

Ruska Rimhanen-Finne

DVM, PhD, Adjunct prof.

Finland

Viktor Zöldi

MSc, PhD

Hungary

Francesca Latronico

DVM

Italy

Pikka Jokelainen

DVM, PhD

Finland

Brian Lassen

MSc, PhD

Denmark

NOSOVE course 2016, Turku, Finland

Monday 18.07.2016

11:45 – 12:00                          Gathering at the venue (PJ)

Lunch                                     

13:00 – 14:30                          Welcome to the course (PJ)

African swine fever in the Baltic area – update, epidemiology and lessons learnt, from the Estonian perspective (AV)

Coffee

15:00 – 17:00                          African swine fever, continued

Tuesday 19.07.2016

08:30 – 10:00                         Zoonosis surveillance and outbreak investigations at the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland (RRH)

Coffee

10:30 – 12:00                          Parasitic outbreaks in Finland (VZ)                           Surveillance of human parasitic infections                 in Finland (FL) 

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30                          Case-study on trichinellosis (VZ, FL, RRH)

Coffee

15:00 – 17:00                          Case-study continued

19:00 –                                    Course dinner

Wednesday 20.07.2016

08:30 – 10:00                         Foodborne zoonotic parasites – parasites from the environment (BL) and tissues (PJ), with emphasis on One Health epidemiology

Coffee

10:30 – 12:00                         Workshop on the officials-media-research balance of zoonotic parasites, using a multicriteria ranking approach (PJ, BL)

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30                         Workshop continues

Wrap-up and take-home-messages

Coffee

14:45 – 17:00                          NOSOVE General Assembly Meeting                       followed by NOSOVE Board Meeting

NOSOVE course reminder

NOSOVE would like to remind of the NOSOVE course 2015, May 19-22, 2015 – Uppsala, Sweden: Syndromic surveillance using free tools.

Available places are still available.

More information and registration can be done here.

NOSOVE course 2015, May 19-22, 2015 – Uppsala, Sweden: Syndromic surveillance using free tools

Dear NOSOVE members,

We are glad to make the first announcement of our 2015 meeting in Uppsala Sweden and wish you all very Happy Christmas and New Year.

Best regards,

Arvo Viltrop, on behalf of the NOSOVE board

REGISTER HERE!

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