Clinical HIV Drug Resistance Workshop
The workshop involves theoretical lectures and practical sessions on the usage and interpretation of HIV-1 drug resistance genotyping in the management of HIV patients on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment.
This workshop is targeted at clinicians, clinical virologists, nurses, medical students and researchers working in the public and private sector who are currently involved in the treatment of patients with ARVs in Southern Africa.
Update:
This workshop will be presented in 2009 (28 to 30 October 2009) at the University of the Free State, please follow link to the 4th South African HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Monitoring Workshop in 2009.
Venue: University of the Western Cape, Cape Town.
Date of the workshop: 5 of September 2008.
Registration is free of charge
workshop includes CPD points, lectures, lunch and coffee-break.
Download: application form, program in PDF format & poster of the workshop.
Presenters:
| Prof. Anne-Mieke Vandamme, PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.Dr Catherine Orrell, MD, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Dr. Chris Seebregts, PhD, Medical Research Council, South Africa. Prof. David Katzenstein, MD, Stanford University Medical School, U.S.A. Prof. Gerard Kadzirange, MD, University of Zimbabwe and the Director of the Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Program, Zimbabwe. Prof. Rami Kantor, MD, Brown University Medical School, U.S.A. Dr. Ricardo Camacho, MD, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Portugal. Dr. Seble G. Kassaye, MD, Stanford University Medical School, U.S.A. Dr. Tulio de Oliveira, PhD, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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Organizers and Contact Information:
Tulio de Oliveira and Chris Seebregts
E-mail: tulio@sanbi.ac.za, Tel: 021 959 36 45
Website: http://www.sanbi.ac.za/training/hivworkshop2008/
Funded by:
CDC/PEPFAR, European Union, Fogarty international, IDRC, MRC, UWC, SANBI and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
