Schedule

The schedule for the course 2023-24 has not been done, but it will be similar to the course schedule for the course 2021-2022.

 

Course Schedule 2021-2022

 

Theoretical part in Stockholm

1st week – Malaria and other systemic protozoan infections (Nov 15th – 19th  2021)

Malaria: Taxonomy and life cycles, Epidemiology, Clinical aspects, Principles of therapy, Principles of prophylaxis, Pathogenesis, Diagnostic methods, Parasite morphology, Antimalarial drugs, Drug resistance, Malaria vaccines,  Anopheles entomology.
Other: African trypanosomiasis, Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease.

Afternoon: Case discussions. Practical training in microscopy and use of rapid diagnostic methods.

2nd week – Parasitic and intestinal infections (Dec 13th – 17th  2021)

Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Gastrointestinal helminths, Echinococcus Liver flukes, Neurocysticercosis, Schistosomiasis, Intestinal protozoan infections, Diagnostic methods, Eosinophilia, Entomology, Medical anthropology. 

 Afternoon: Case discussions. Practical training in microscopy.

3nd week – HIV and other infections  (Jan 10th  ­14th 2022)

HIV: General overview on epidemiology with focus on low-income countries, Pathogenesis, Clinical aspects, HIV therapy, Mother to child transmission, Diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections, TB/HIV co-infection

Other: Dengue fever, Viral haemorragic fevers, TB, STI and dermatology, Leprosy

Thursday, Jan 13th   Distance e-learning case discussions

Friday,  Jan 14th  Final examination

 

Distance e-learning

The participants will be given literature recommendations for self studies including review articles and published clinical trials. They will have constant access to the teachers by mail. A total of five lectures will be available on the web. A number of case reports are distributed and written comments must be handed in to the course leaders. At the end of the course the cases are discussed.

The main diseases to be covered are:

  • Viral: Chickungunya, Rift valley fever, Japanese encephalitis, Poliomyelitis, Rabies, West Nile fever, Viral hepatitis (acute), Yellow fever, HTLV, Tetanus
  • Bacterial: Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, Meloidosis, Plague, Q-fever, Rickettsia, relapsing fever and bacterial meningitis

 

Field visit to Ethiopia (Jan 29th – Feb 12th  2022)

The visit to Ethiopia will allow the participants to come into contact with the situation in a low-income country where resources are scarce. They will meet an abundant number of patients with different tropical infections as well as complicated HIV and TB cases. The participants will experience the differences in living conditions, disease spectrum and facilities between the capital and remote rural areas (in southern Ethiopia). 

The program in Ethiopia is organized in collaboration with the Department of Internal Medicine, Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa.