We
are delighted to announce the celebration of
the Seventh International Symposium on
Maritime Health (April 22- 26, 2003) and we
invite you to attend our meeting. This time,
it will be held in Tarragona (former capital
in Roman times, declared World Heritage by
UNESCO) and one day in Barcelona (present
capital of Catalonia), the main harbours of
this outstanding and cosmopolitan area with
Autonomous Government in the North-East of
Spain. We will gather maritime health related
specialists in the world. The conference will
feature symposia, workshops, year-in-review,
poster sessions and post-meetings. Some of
the topics to be featured include: medical
attendance, emergencies on board, temedicine,
occupational risk prevention, safety and
hygiene, marine animals pathology, infectious
diseases, vaccinations, workshops of
spirometry, ecography etc.
The
14th annual scientific meeting organised by
the Spanish Society of Maritime Medicine,
Sociedad Española de Medicina Marítima -
SEMM - , a national Conference, will be
included as a satellite meeting at the end.
Besides, we have the pleasure to share an
important innovation in the organisation of
these international meetings - this is the
first time than the International Maritime
Health Association (IMHA) has been involved
so directly in the organisation of the event.
We thanks all the persons and institutions
that are giving support to this Symposium.
Step
by step, with this new opportunity to
communicate our experiences in maritime
medicine, with the goal of acquiring new
tools to improve the health of all the
persons involved in maritime activities,
taking in mind assistential, occupational,
preventive and psycho social aspects ....
Here it is our warm invitation. We are just
willing to say WELCOME from our heart, we
have a lot of work and enjoyment to share
together. For more information about the
conference call +34,655360705 or email semm@semm.org.
Dr.
M. Luisa Canals
Chairperson Organizing Committee
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