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10 November 2021

The University of Liverpool Drug Interactions Group are hosting the “Liverpool Masterclass in Antiviral Pharmacology (LMAP)”, a free educational webinar on 10th November 2021 between 15:00-17:50 GMT. Developed by the team behind the Liverpool HIV, Hepatitis and COVID-19 Drug Interaction tools, this webinar has been specifically designed for healthcare professionals, exploring emerging topics in the clinical management of HIV and COVID-19, especially in relation to clinical pharmacology, management of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and complex patient cases.

Sessions will be a range of talks and case-based presentations and each half with conclude with an interactive Q&A session.

For further details and to register: https://mailchi.mp/liverpool/liverpool-masterclass-in-antiviral-pharmacology-8907717

28-29 October 2021

We invite you to join us for the plenary lectures of the 18th European AIDS Conference that will take place on Thursday and Friday, October 28-29, 2021 from 9:00-10:05:
- On the path to zero, Teymur Noori, Sweden

- The Ying and Yang of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV vaccinology, Richard Koup, United States

- The final word on weight for 2021: The past and what should we do in the future?, Jordan E. Lake, United States

- Resilience: Growing from adversity, Jane Marshall, United Kingdom
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27 October 2021

The WAVE workshop and the EACS Pre-educational course will take place on Wednesday, 27 October 2021.

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EACS wil organise a virtual exhibition at the 18th European AIDS Conference.
Artists living with HIV are invited to submit their work - drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, short movies or images of 3D exhibits – which must have been created from 2018 to 2021.

Art that has HIV-associated subjects at its heart is particularly welcome and, if preferred, artists can be anonymous.

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30 September - 2 October 2021

The United Conference of Hepatogastroenterology and Infectious Diseases (UCHID2021) will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2021, (Hybrid / 3D meeting). UCHID is the greatest integrated scientific meeting that is held annually in Egypt and aims at bringing together all the stakeholders, clinicians, scientists and Endemic medicine associates from all around Egypt to discuss latest updates and advances in the field of hepatology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases and related disciplines.
This year, the conference activities are endorsed by the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) and the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society.
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21-23 September 2021

This year, the Symposium on HIV and Neuropsychiatry will be held virtually from Barcelona on  21, 22, and 23 September 2021.
This Symposium has a practical focus on the diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatric and neuropsychological aspects of HIV-infected patients.
The Symposium will discuss the topics that may be of special interest to HIV professionals: effects of drugs on CNS, management of neuropsychiatric symptoms and factors influencing neurocognitive impairment.
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22-24 February 2022

The 12th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID) will be held online from 22-24 February 2022 to address the most important issues in infectious diseases that affect children and their families. 

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World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an open call for experts to serve as members of the new WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO).
The SAGO will advise WHO on technical and scientific considerations regarding the origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential, and will be composed of a wide range of experts acting in their personal capacity. 

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