Events
XVIII International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria XLVIII and the Congress of the Brazilian Society for Tropical Medicine
iCal ImportWhen: 23 September, 2012 – 28 September, 2012
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Google Map
Website: ICTMM 2012
The Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine celebrates its 50th birthday and holds its XLVIII annual Congress.
The theme of the Congress: “Neglected Tropical Diseases” is adequate for a Country that holds such a varied biome and the largest tropical forest of the world. The Amazon Region covers 40% of South America’s and 5% of the world’s surface, with 61% of its territory inside Brazil. It has the largest hydrographic net on earth, covering 20% of the world’s fresh water reserves and sheltering the largest number of life forms on earth. As a consequence of having the largest biodiversity of this Planet, several tropical diseases threaten the population and are the object of concerns and researches.