Globally, it is estimated that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. The presented report from the United Nations Population Fund brings to light the cross-border dimension of FGM The practice is […]

19th to 21st November 2020, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. There are a great many clinicians interested in treating women with sexual health concerns, but lacking the knowledge to do so. The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Fall Course provides an evidence-based foundation upon which to incorporate […]

14th to 15th August 2020, online course. The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) produces the North American Travel Medicine Review and Update Course each year. The 2020 Course will be held 14-15 August 2020. Due to the growing COVID-19 outbreak and the increasing concern that large gatherings and travel […]

4th March to 15th April 2020, online challenge. The World Health Organization (WHO), supported by the UN Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN-OICT) and UNAIDS challenge you to use your bright minds and entrepreneurial skills to address one of the urgent health challenges for the next decade : Keeping young people safe.  The range […]

17th to 20th June 2020, Torino, Italy. The EACR annual congress brings together thousands of cancer researchers in a four day congress dedicated to basic, preclinical and translational cancer research across a wide breadth of topics.  It will highlight the latest research and bring together the cancer research community to […]

by Dounia Mettri. Why America? This is probably the easiest question for me to answer. Ever since I started medical school, I knew I wanted to go to America. I’ve always dreamed big and America is THE country if you have big dreams and goals. It’s the country where dreams […]

16th to 19th May 2020, Marseille, France. European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) serves as a forum for researchers and clinicians working in the musculoskeletal field to discover and discuss the latest advances and controversies in research and in the daily care of patients. ECTS 2020 will focus on the best […]

6th to 7th April 2020, Zagreb, Croatia. Better Future of Healthy Ageing (BFHA) 2020 will bring together researchers, health professionals, representatives of the European Commission and other research and professional bodies from Europe and beyond. It will address one of the most important challenges of the European society – ageing. […]

2nd to 5th April 2020, Vienna, Austria. The meeting will present all the latest breakthroughs in treatment, translational R&D, early diagnosis, drug development and clinical trials in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other related neurological disorders. A central theme will be to further advance innovative strategies in therapy and prevention, clinical trials […]

anytime, online course. The WHO Short Course Critical Care Training for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) includes content on clinical management of patients with a severe acute respiratory infection.  This course is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries and managing […]