December 6 - 7, 2011
Bamako, Mali4th GABRIEL Network Meeting
Description
The 4th meeting of the GABRIEL Network was held in Bamako in the Charles Mérieux Centre of Infectiology in December 2011.
More than 60 participants coming from 20 different countries were present. The main results of the GABRIEL Network members involved in the pilot study on pneumonia and in the tuberculosis resistance were presented. Themes such as fevers, antibiotics and antiviral resistance were also discussed. Two workshops, one on the ‘biosampling’ and another one on ‘epidemiology’, were organized to harmonize the collection practices and storage of samples and to determine essential and necessary elements for the implementation of a multicentric study.
TB and ALRI symposium
In the context of the ‘Réseau Science et Technique Afrique Caraïbes de soutien à la lutte contre les Maladies Infectieuses’ (AFRICARAMI)*, a seminar on tuberculosis and Acute Lower Respiratory Infection was organized on 4 and 5 December 2011. It brought together over 90 scientists of all nationalities who were able to discuss these two issues of public health.
*Cofinanced by the ACP Programme for Science and Technology and by the Fondation Mérieux. A programme of the ACP Group of States with financial support from the European Commission.