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Save the Dates- 23rd Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine!
2-6 May 2025
Tokyo, Japan
Join us next year in Tokyo for the 23rd edition of WADEM’s biennial congress, an event than brings together global experts to share research and lessons learned on disaster medicine, prehospital care, and the health aspects of emergency management and complex humanitarian crises.
Co-hosted by the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine (JADM), the congress will feature a dynamic and engaging scientific program, including plenary sessions, panel discussions, oral and poster presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Call for abstracts is now open! Registration will open in September.
Mpox Update
After the declaration by the WHO of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, Dr. Rajeev Fernando joins the podcast series to discuss mpox transmission, vaccines, and the disproportionate impact of viral outbreaks on marginalized and disadvantaged communities.
Image Credit: NIAID (CC BY 2.0)
Recorded – 21 August 2024
Avian Flu (H5N1) Update
Dr. Rajeev Fernando, Co-Chair of the Infectious Disease SIG, discusses concerns about avian flu (H5H1 virus), Covid cases, measles, and vaccine hesitancy. Special thanks to Dr. Don Donahue for moderating.
Image Credit: NIAID (CC BY 2.0)
Recorded – 26 July 2024
The Essentials of a Compelling Conference Abstract: From Draft to Perfection
In this one-hour webinar, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Franc gives step-by-step instructions on how to quickly write a compelling conference abstract.
Dr. Franc shares what editors are looking for in a great abstract and highlights common pitfalls. The session will include ample time for questions from the audience. Researchers are invited to submit their questions in advance to be answered during the session.
This session is ideal for researchers who will be submitting an abstract for the 23rd Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo from 2-6 May 2025.
Recorded – 31 July 2024
Colloquium – Enhancing European Public Health Preparedness, Prehospital, and Disaster Medicine
WADEM partnered with the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Regions (ASPHER) and its affiliate the European Council of Disaster Medicine (ECDM), to convene “Enhancing European Public Health Preparedness, Prehospital, and Disaster Medicine.” The colloquium took place at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on 25 March 2024.
The colloquium aimed to seek consensus from professional associations, international organizations, expert stakeholders, and citizens on adaptive ways forward for the discipline to enhance existing public health curricula in the face of emerging threats. Public and global health are challenged by unprecedented population growth, human migration, urbanization, natural disasters, climate change, war and conflict, and novel disease emergence.