Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The 2nd International Leishmaniasis Management Workshop Commences at TUMS School of Public Health

The 2nd International Leishmaniasis Management Workshop Commences at TUMS School of Public Health
Date: 6/22/2011

TUMSPR News; The second international leishmaniasis management workshop kick-started at the School of Public Health affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences on June 19, 2011.


The second international leishmaniasis management workshop kick-started at the School of Public Health affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) on June 19, 2011.

At the presence of the vice-minister for health, Dr. Mesdaghinia, Dr. Mirza-zadeh, a representative from the Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Iran, Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, the head of the Communicable Diseases Control department at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, and Dr. Ghazi-khansari, the head of TUMS International Relations Office, the second international leishmaniasis management workshop kick-started at the School of Public Health affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences on June 19, 2011. The workshop would last from June 19 to July 16, 2011.

The School of Public Health has been holding such workshops with collaboration of WHO for 25 countries, including the EMRO countries. The School recently held a malaria control workshop for the managers of of communicable diseases in the region.

The students are from Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. The course has been held by the cooperation of TUMS, the Ministry of Health, TUMS Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy (CRTSDL), the National Health Research Institute, and Isfahan and Kerman Medical Sciences Universities.

After the theoretical classes, the students accompanied by their teachers would travel to Isfahan and Kerman for field studies.

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