Tropical Medicine Excursions 2026

Tropical Medicine Excursions is organized by Tropical Medicine Excursions (TROPMEDEX) and will be held from Feb 01 - 11, 2026 at Arusha Coffee Lodge by Elewana, Arusha, Tanzania.

Curriculum:
Schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, malaria,  amoebiasis, typhoid fever, shigellosis, cholera, brucellosis, leprosy, HIV/AIDS and related opportunistic infections, Dengue Fever, Chikungunya Fever, West Nile Virus, Ebola, occupational medicine in the tropics, DD of fever and diarrhoea in the tropics, poisonous snakes, traditional medicine, medical botany, laboratory diagnosis for tropical infectious diseases.

Objectives:
Practice-oriented training courses in the tropics are essential for healthcare professionals to the prompt, correct diagnosis and treatment of tropical infectious diseases. TROPMEDEX organizes theses course for doctors, physicians, travel medicine practitioners, GP’s, public health experts, nurse practitioners and laboratory scientists to Africa.

• More travelers return from the tropics with tropical diseases
• More refugees and asylum-seekers come to the Western world with „unknown“ infections
• Due to global warming tropical diseases, such as malaria and Dengue fever, spread to temperate climate zones

The TROPMEDEX round-trip excursions are designed for a maximum of 13 healthcare professionals who wish to improve their clinical skills in tropical medicine and travelers’ health in the endemic regions of Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana.
Tropical medicine experts from Africa and Germany supervise individual on-site bedside teaching, laboratory sessions (hands-on microscopy of parasites in the blood, stool, urine and skin) and give lectures (in English) on up-to date issues in tropical medicine and travelers health in various hospitals and research institutions.
The curriculum covers the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the most important tropical infectious diseases. In addition the participants get an insight into the local healthcare systems and explore during medical field excursions the fantastic scenery and prolific flora and fauna of Africa.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.