Dear colleagues:
Last 7 December 2007, during the Closing
Ceremony of the successful VIII Central America
and Caribbean Congress of Parasitology and
Tropical Medicine, held in Havana, Cuba, we had
the pleasure of officially declaring the
beginning of the activities related to the 70th
Anniversary of the foundation of the
'Pedro Kourí' Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK).
This Cuban institution, having at present an
international scope, was founded on 8 December
1937 by Professor Pedro Kourí Esmeja. Nowadays,
the work carried out by this center is not only
related to Tropical Medicine and Parasitology,
but also to research and human resources
formation in Medical Microbiology, Infectology,
Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases and to
Social investigations.
As part of this group of activities, we have
decided to hold the
Congress 70th
Anniversary of IPK,
jointly with the
VII Cuban Congress of
Microbiology and Parasitology, and
the IV National
Congress of Tropical Medicine,
from 8-11 December 2008, in Havana. The
Congresses will deal with several important
topics related to infectious and parasitic
diseases. For this reason, we are inviting all
the parasitologists, bacteriologists,
mycologists, virologists, infectologists,
zoonologists, tropicalists, and those
specialists working on other related disciplines
who may be interested in these topics, in order
to present and discuss our experiences and
results about this fascinating world of
sciences.
We hope to meet you in Havana next December.
Organizing
Committe
More information at:
http://www.ipk.sld.cu/eventosipk/cong2008/index.htm
