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An. Fac. Med. (Perú) ; 75(2): 197-200, abr. 2014. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS (Americas), LIPECS | ID: lil-737494

ABSTRACT

El Primer Encuentro Internacional de Institutos de Medicina Tropical, llevado a cabo en Lima, fue la actividad principal del cincuentenario de la fundaci¢n del Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel A. Carri¢n (1963-2013), de la Facultad de Medicina de la UNMSM. Participaron en su organizaci¢n las principales instituciones cient¡ficas del pa¡s relacionadas a la investigaci¢n y atenci¢n de los problemas de salud que afectan a las regiones tropicales y subtropicales. Asistieron alrededor de mil personas. Los temas tratados fueron salud infantil en los tr¢picos, salud internacional, VIH/sida, dengue, malaria, leishmaniosis, tuberculosis, enfermedad de Carri¢n y enfermedades emergentes y reemergentes. Los representantes de los nueve institutos de Medicina Tropical de la regi¢n, asistentes al evento, suscribieron una declaraci¢n, en la que acordaron, entre otros puntos, promover en sus pa¡ses las recomendaciones adoptadas en la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud y Organizaci¢n Panamericana de la Salud en relaci¢n a enfermedades desatendidas, investigaci¢n en salud y recursos humanos en salud; desarrollar programas de posgrado regionales en medicina tropical, epidemiolog¡a y salud p£blica; articular las acciones de este encuentro con otras iniciativas regionales y subregionales, y realizar el Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Institutos de Medicina Tropical en dos a¤os.


The First International Meeting of Tropical Medicine Institutes held in Lima was the main event of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Daniel A. Carrion Tropical Medicine Institute (1963-2013), Faculty of Medicine at UNMSM. The major Peruvian scientific institutions for research and management of global health burdens affecting tropical and subtropical regions participated in the organization of this event. About one thousand people attended. Topics included child health in the tropics, international health, HIV/AIDS, dengue, malaria, leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, Carrion's disease and emerging diseases. Representatives of the nine institutes of Tropical Medicine of the region who attended the event signed a declaration in which all represented institutes agreed to promote in their respective countries the recommendations of the World Health Assembly and the Pan American Health Organization in relation to neglected diseases, health research and health human resources; to develop regional graduate programs in tropical medicine, epidemiology and public health; to coordinate the activities of this meeting with other regional and subregional initiatives. The declaration also decreed, among other topics, that the participating institutes will hold the Second International Meeting of Institutes of Tropical Medicine in two years.


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Academies and Institutes , Congresses as Topic , Tropical Medicine/organization & administration , Interinstitutional Relations
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