PHA-Exch> 13th ICID Gates grant for young women

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Eric Summers eric.summers at isid.org

Dear Colleague,

The International Society for Infectious Diseases recently received a grant
from the Gates Foundation to support travel expenses for young women with
careers in infectious diseases to attend the 13th International Congress on
Infectious Diseases. The 13th ICID will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on
June 19-22, 2008. The grant is intended to support women from developing
countries including countries in Africa.

I would like to ask that you help make this information available to
appropriate applicants and that you further distribute this information to
your infectious diseases colleagues in Africa.

Please refer to the press release below, and then to the following link that
directs to the application instructions on the ISID/ICID website.

http://www.isid.org/13th_icid/13thICID_dev_grant.shtml?

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International Society for Infectious Diseases Receives Grant from Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation to Support Women Healthcare Workers from Developing
Countries

Grant will allow women health professionals to attend the 13th International
Congress on Infectious Diseases

Boston, MA - December 4, 2007 -- Selected women health professionals from
Africa, Asia and the Asian subcontinent will be able to attend the 13th
International Congress on Infectious Diseases, thanks to a grant to the
International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) from the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.  The conference takes place June 19-22, 2008 in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.

A crucial part of ISID's mission is to improve global infection control by
providing training of and ongoing education support for physicians,
scientists, and other healthcare workers.  In developing countries, women
particularly suffer the consequences of infectious disease and they are
under-represented in the medical field.

"Retaining and supporting women healthcare workers from developing countries
is a part of the society's mission to address the global physician shortage
and improve the care of women with infectious diseases," says Dr. Richard
Wenzel, MD, MSc, the principal investigator on the grant and President of
the International Society for Infectious Diseases. "This grant will allow
approximately 70 women under the age of 40 with careers in medicine,
nursing, public health or infectious diseases to attend the conference free
of charge."

The goal of this program is to aid the professional development of women
healthcare workers from developing countries so they may become agents of
change in their own country. At the conference, the delegates will attend a
special reception to meet one another and with current, former and upcoming
leaders of ISID.  ISID will also provide introduction to specialists the
women would like to meet to foster mentor-student relationships.  After six
months, ISID will follow up with the delegates to check in on their progress
and any changes implemented as a result of the grant.

The grants will be awarded to qualified applicants.  Interested women can
find out more on the web at http://www.isid.org/13th_icid/.

The 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases will bring together
infectious disease experts from around the world to present and discuss the
most recent and relevant information in the field. The conference, held
every two years, unites approximately 3,000 attendees from over 100
countries.

About International Society for Infectious Diseases Created in 1986, ISID
and its 20,000 members are committed to improving the care of patients with
infectious diseases, the training of clinicians and researchers in
infectious diseases and microbiology, and the control of infectious diseases
around the world.  The Society recognizes that infectious diseases cross all
national and regional boundaries and that effective long-term solutions
require international scientific exchange and cooperation. The Society and
its members are dedicated to developing partnerships and to finding
solutions to the problem of infectious diseases across the globe.
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