7th Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) Congress

7th Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) Congress is organized by Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) and would be held during Nov 9 - 11, 2017 at Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

The congress will address a large and comprehensive spectrum of hot topics, focusing on a variety of critical issues, some of which include:
• A spotlight on Infection Prevention.
• Managing infections in adolescents and pregnant women.
• Drug-Resistant infections (in partnership with ESCMID).
• Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases (in partnership with ISID).
• Surveillance of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases.
• African viruses flourishing in the diaspora.
• Measles eradication: Professor David Durrheim.
• Neonatal sepsis and drug-resistant infections.
• Management of Gram-negative infections.
• Challenges of managing HIV in adolescents.
• Infection control for both the public and private sectors (with a specific focus on engineering for PTB transmission).
• Prevention of hospital-acquired infections.
• Genital microbiome.
• Antimicrobial Research and Development.
• Diagnostics and new technologies for infections.
• New insights to viral hepatitis.
• Fungal Infections.
• Shifting borders in travel Medicine.

This congress gives the infectious disease community the opportunity to reflect, share experiences and review evidence-based interventions. The broad range of topics covered presents an excellent educational opportunity for delegates at the congress.