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SASTM Travel Medicine Update
Join us for our first travel medicine update for 2021! Registration is now CLOSED for this event.
Event Details
This event will be held in accordance with COVID-19 Regulations as set out by the South African Government.
The SASTM's Mission is to guide the profession in all aspects relating to the practice of travel medicine, liaise with the travel industry, consult with relevant authorities, advise the public and collaborate nationally and internationally on all aspects relating to Travel Medicine.
This travel medicine update brought to you by SASTM, covers important topics of current relevance to travel medicine, including malaria during the time of COVID, SARS Cov-2 vaccines - the latest, Meningitis, Rabies and many more. Please view the full Agenda.
Sandton Sun
Corner Alice Lane and 5th Street
Sandton
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Tickets and Pricing
- SASTM Member Doctor
Price excludes VAT
- R 950
- SASTM Member Nurse / Allied Health
Price excludes VAT
- R 850
- SASTM Non-Members
Price excludes VAT
- R 1,450
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Agenda
- 07:30 - 08:30Registration
- 08:30 - 08:40WelcomeLee Baker - SASTM President
Lee Baker
President-SASTM / Speaker
- 08:40 - 09:20Malaria during the time of COVIDLucille Blumberg - National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Lucille Blumberg
Speaker
- 09:20 - 10:00Ebola vs. COVID-19: The challenges of new & emerging infectious diseases threatsAdriano Duse
Adriano Duse
Speaker at Wits University
- 10:00 - 10:20TEA
- 10:20 - 10:55Meningitis - Prevention is better than cure: vaccine updateSalim Parker
Salim Parker
Speaker
- 10:55 - 12:00Respiratory vaccines: PPI (pertusis, pneumococcal, influenza) Prevention is better than cure: vaccine updateJennifer Coetzee
Jennifer Coetzee
Consultant Microbiologist at Ampath
- 12:00 - 12:30Rabies guidelines: updateLee Baker - SASTM President
Lee Baker
President-SASTM / Speaker
- 12:30 - 13:10LUNCH
- 13:10 - 13:50Pandemic travel snippets - Round Table DiscussionAlbie de Frey
Albie De Frey
Speaker
- 13:50 - 14:20DVT and NOAC - off-label or not?Salim Parker
Salim Parker
Speaker
- 14:20 - 15:20COVID-19 Variants and Vaccines - The Rights and the Wrong of it? (Ethics lecture)Steven Miller
Steven Miller
Senior Specialist at Lancet Laboratories
- 15:20 - 15:30Closure
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