conference in Safar
During the period from 11-13 Safar 1437 AH corresponding to 24-26 November 2015 CE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the first Gulf Conference on Epidemiology, which is held under the slogan "Visions and Challenges", at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Jeddah.
The Director General of the Executive Office of the Gulf Council of Health Ministers and a member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Epidemiology Society, Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja, stated that the conference approved 30 hours of continuing medical education from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, and is organized by the Saudi Epidemiology Society in cooperation with the Executive Office of the Council of Health Ministers. For the GCC countries, the Saudi Ministry of Health, the Saudi Evidence-Based Health Care Association (proof), and other scientific societies and institutions.
He stated that the conference attracts a large number of international, Gulf and local speakers specializing in epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, family and community doctors, infectious diseases, infection control, environmental health and occupational health specialists, indicating that the latest scientific findings in this field will be reviewed, and shed light on The most dangerous and common diseases in society and to discuss scientific and global developments for their treatment, prevention, control and limitation of their spread. The conference will also be accompanied by the holding of many workshops presented by a group of experts in the field of epidemiology and public health.
Khoja added that the topics of the conference will address infectious bacterial diseases that include viruses such as: influenza, corona, meningitis, new in the science of immunization against germs (bacteria and viruses), infection control within hospitals, and the spread of non-infectious diseases (such as cancer, blood vessel clots and Cerebrovascular disease), and outbreaks of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and blood pressure, maternal and child health.
He indicated that the desired results of this conference are to develop a road map and develop recommendations to promote scientific research, as well as to support advanced methods of confronting and combating diseases, stressing the importance of specializing in epidemiology within the health system and improving the efficiency of its performance and the quality of its outputs.
