AFRICA CONFERENCE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES, EMERGENCY RISKS AND TRAVEL MEDICINE (ACIDER-TM 2012)

Topics

• The prevention of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria
• Vaccine development
• Reproductive, maternal and child health
• The development, use, and sustainability of diagnostic tools and technologies
• Educating all institutional staff on the impact of infectious disease in correctional facilities
• Educating correctional healthcare staff about security issues that affect correctional health care
• Advocacy for raising awareness and promoting leadership
• Promoting collaboration among institutional security, health care, and community program staff to improve the control of infectious disease
• Educating security staff about the importance of infectious disease control and correctional healthcare