The CLEO team headed by Prof. Theoklis Zaoutis, participated in the 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, ESPID 2017, that took place in Madrid, Spain, from 23-27 May, 2017. This conference was attended by paediatricians, infectious practitioners, microbiologists and researchers involved in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of infections in children, from all over the world. During the conference, research studies about infections and vaccines against infections were presented.
The European Commission called upon international, European, national and regional NGOs active in the field of vaccination to present details of their initiatives to the EU Health Award 2017. The call for applications targeted initiatives that help achieving higher level of public health for Europeans through vaccination.
An EU-wide survey estimated that 4.2 million healthcare-associated infections occur every year in European long-term care facilities, compared to an estimated 3.5 million occurring in European acute care hospitals, and that on any given day, over 116 400 residents have at least one active healthcare-associated infection.
The CLEO is pleased to announce the Summer Internship Program in the following areas: • Systematic Review/Meta-analysis in infectious diseases • Infection control • Antibiotic resistance/stewardship • Vaccines
Internships are available for both undergraduate and graduate students and cover a minimum of eight weeks, with students generally arriving at CLEO in May or June.
The Scientific Symposium ‘Building Trans-atlanting Bridges in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology’, jointly organised by the ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital / “ELPIDA” Association of Friends of Children with Cancer, Greece and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA, was held at the NJV Athens Plaza Hotel on April 21st-22nd , 2017. During this symposium, the main aspects of Pediatric Oncology were covered, combining both the time-validated approaches and knowledge, along with all the new developments, like the CAR-Tcells technology.
American Academy of Pediatrics emphasizes safety and importance of vaccines. Vaccines prevent life-threatening diseases, including forms of cancer. American Academy of Pediatrics is ready to work with the White House and the federal government to share the extensive scientific evidence demonstrating the safety of vaccines.
Hand hygiene is at the core of effective IPC (Infection Prevention Control) to combat antibiotic resistance, and campaigning each year on around 5 May is one important part of improving behavior towards IPC best practices.
World Immunization Week – celebrated in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) aims to prevent millions of deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases by 2020 through universal access to immunization. In order for everyone, everywhere to survive and thrive, countries must make more concerted efforts to reach GVAP goals by 2020.
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