Date: 6/20/2011
TUMSPR News: The thirteenth international course on malaria management and control signed off at TUMS Bandar Abbas Health Research Station on June 15, 2011.
The thirteenth international course on malaria management and control which had started on April 14, 2011 by the participation of twenty malaria management authorities from Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iran came to a close at Bandar Abbas Research Station affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) on June 15, 2011.
In this 2-month course, basics of epidemiology, biostatistics, microscopic diagnosis of the parasite, communicable and non-communicable diseases management, malaria vector and some other related subjects are taught to the participants. The participants would also take a field study of about seven days and analyze the disease and vector sates in some nearby cities and plan for the control of the disease. In the end the participants would be asked to provide a report for their field studies.
The instructors of these courses are usually from TUMS and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Appreciating the importance of such courses, the vice-minister for health, D. Mesdaghinia who is the dean of the School of Public Health too, Dr. Mohagheghi, the vice-minister for education, Dr. Rashidian, the head of the Institute of Public Health Research, D. Ghazi-khansari, the director of TUMS Public Relations, Dr. Akhavan, the vice-dean of the School for Financial Affairs and Dr. Holakouie, the head of the Station participated in the graduation ceremony of the students and congratulated their success in their speeches.
In his speech, Dr. Mesdaghinia read the message by Dr. Jezayeri, the head of WHO in the EMRO, to the participants.
The representative of the students, Dr. Aref Ahmad Ali Saeed, from Yemen, thanked all the professors and authorities on behalf of the students and himself.
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=25341
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