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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Nov 2007
Topics: Communicable Diseases; Cost of Illness; Developing Countries; Global Health; Humans; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 18060078
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000118 -
Transactions of the Royal Society of... Oct 2013Presidents have been required to give an inaugural address on commencing office at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) since its foundation in... (Review)
Review
Presidents have been required to give an inaugural address on commencing office at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) since its foundation in 1907. All presidential addresses were identified, sourced and assembled into an annotated bibliography. The majority of presidential addresses have been published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Unpublished and in some cases 'lost' contributions have now been sourced where possible and archived at the RSTMH. This unique, rich and rewarding archive provides a vista into the development of the RSTMH and the discipline of tropical medicine. The archive is freely available to all.
Topics: History, 20th Century; Humans; Hygiene; Journalism, Medical; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 24026462
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt066 -
Journal of Travel Medicine 2012Infectious disease specialists who evaluate international travelers before or after their trips need skills to prevent, recognize, and treat an increasingly broad range...
BACKGROUND
Infectious disease specialists who evaluate international travelers before or after their trips need skills to prevent, recognize, and treat an increasingly broad range of infectious diseases. Wide variation exists in training and percentage effort among providers of this care. In parallel, there may be variations in approach to pre-travel consultation and the types of travel-related illness encountered. Aggregate information from travel-medicine providers may reveal practice patterns and novel trends in infectious illness acquired through travel.
METHODS
The 1,265 members of the Infectious Disease Society of America's Emerging Infections Network were queried by electronic survey about their training in travel medicine, resources used, pre-travel consultations, and evaluation of ill-returning travelers. The survey also captured information on whether any of 10 particular conditions had been diagnosed among ill-returning travelers, and if these diagnoses were perceived to be changing in frequency.
RESULTS
A majority of respondents (69%) provided both pre-travel counseling and post-travel evaluations, with significant variation in the numbers of such consultations. A majority of all respondents (61%) reported inadequate training in travel medicine during their fellowship years. However, a majority of recent graduates (55%) reported adequate preparation. Diagnoses of malaria, traveler's diarrhea, and typhoid fever were reported by the most respondents (84, 71, and 53%, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS
The percent effort dedicated to pre-travel evaluation and care of the ill-returning traveler vary widely among infectious disease specialists, although a majority participate in these activities. On the basis of respondents' self-assessment, recent fellowship training is reported to equip graduates with better skills in these areas than more remote training. Ongoing monitoring of epidemiologic trends of travel-related illness is warranted.
Topics: Communicable Diseases; Consultants; Education, Medical, Continuing; Health Care Surveys; Humans; Needs Assessment; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Societies, Medical; Staff Development; Surveys and Questionnaires; Travel; Travel Medicine; Tropical Medicine; United States
PubMed: 22414033
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00590.x -
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Jun 2010
Topics: Communicable Diseases; Humans; North America; Public Health; Schools, Medical; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 20614018
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000735 -
BioMed Research International 2015
Topics: Humans; Malaria; Neglected Diseases; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 26618167
DOI: 10.1155/2015/270756 -
Statistics in Medicine Feb 2022Since its inception in 1969, the MSc in medical statistics program has placed a high priority on training students from Africa. In this article, we review how the... (Review)
Review
Training and capacity building in medical statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MSc in Medical Statistics, 1969 to 2021.
Since its inception in 1969, the MSc in medical statistics program has placed a high priority on training students from Africa. In this article, we review how the program has shaped, and in turn been shaped by, two substantial capacity building initiatives: (a) a fellowship program, funded by the UK Medical Research Council, and run through the International Statistical Epidemiology Group at the LSHTM, and (b) the Sub-Saharan capacity building in Biostatistics (SSACAB) initiative, administered through the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science in Africa (DELTAS) program of the African Academy of Sciences. We reflect on the impact of both initiatives, and the implications for future work in this area.
Topics: Africa South of the Sahara; Capacity Building; Humans; Hygiene; London; Public Health; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 35146786
DOI: 10.1002/sim.9304 -
British Medical Journal Feb 1966
Topics: History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Military Medicine; Tropical Medicine; United Kingdom
PubMed: 5323737
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Medecine Et Sante Tropicales 2014
Topics: France; International Cooperation; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 24736216
DOI: 10.1684/mst.2014.0295 -
Tropical Medicine & International... May 2023
Topics: Humans; Global Health; Tropical Medicine; International Cooperation
PubMed: 37133338
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13766 -
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2008
Topics: Education, Medical; Endemic Diseases; Foundations; Humans; Research; Research Support as Topic; Tropical Climate; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 19030224
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000329