The 7th African Conference on One Health and Biosecurity - GET Africa 2021 - will be held 27-29 October 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria. GET was established in 2014 as a direct response to the 2014-16 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa and ongoing outbreaks of Lassa Fever, Meningitis, Multidrug resistance (MDR) enteric fevers and
Emerging technologies have the potential to modernize pharmaceutical manufacturing and advance the quality of drug products. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology; Committee to Identify Innovative Technologies to Advance Pharmaceutical Manufacturing released a report which identifies these innovative technologies, including manufacturing processes, control and
In this fifth meeting of the committee on Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and Communication, the committee will meet in closed session to discuss the structure and content of the report, and will establish a plan for the committee’s activities moving forward. As part of this evaluation, the committee
Dr. Peter Hotez weighs in on identifying innovative strategies to tackling vaccine hesitancy and the anti-science movement. This free event is brought to you by the 2021 ASM Clinical Virology Symposium (CVS), one of a 4-part CVS Online: SARS-CoV-2 Webinar Series featuring leading experts in the field discussing the most pressing topics around COVID-19. ABOUT THE SPEAKER
The Africa CDC Inaugural One Health Conference taking place virtually from 1 - 3 November 2021. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral and transdisciplinary approach used to attain optimal health outcomes for people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. Practically, One Health involves the collaboration between human, animal, and environmental health sectors as well as other relevant stakeholders,
The Arab-American Frontiers program brings together outstanding young scientists, engineers, and medical professionals from the United States and the 22 countries of the Arab League for a series of symposia to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in their fields. Due to ongoing concerns surrounding the new COVID-19 variant, the Eighth Symposium will now take place online, November
This BARDA Industry Day 2021 Virtual Event will be held 3-4 November 2021. This annual gathering of more than 1300 stakeholders from the public and private sector provides an opportunity to increase understanding of the U.S. government medical countermeasure priorities and funding goals; interact with BARDA and ASPR staff; and showcase innovations. Innovators may apply
The 2021 Annual Synthetic Biology Consortium Meeting will take place in virtual format from November 4-5, 2021. The 2021 Synthetic Biology Consortium Meeting will facilitate networking and collaboration among synthetic biology investigators. Attendees can use this meeting to collaborate with each other on current topics in synthetic biology and engage with NIH program directors. Highlighted
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and exacerbated challenges in caring for people of all ages with serious illness. The response to many of these challenges involved rapid innovation and as such provides valuable lessons learned that will likely significantly alter the field of serious illness care in the post-pandemic era. The Roundtable on Quality Care
