"This year's attendance demonstrates the growing importance of pneumococcal disease on the global health agenda, and the inclusion of a focus on communicating our findings with policymakers underscores the power we have to help achieve prevention in our own countries. I am encouraged that ISPPD-6 will serve as a catalyst for change and help initiate progress toward prevention."
– Dr. Samir Saha, Bangladesh

Events

October 25-28, 2008
The 48th ICAAC/46th Annual IDSA Joint Conference
The American Society of Microbiology sponsors the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) and has teamed with the Infectious Disease Society of America to present this joint meeting. Registration must be completed by September 15th.
Washington, DC, USA

October 25-29, 2008
The American Public Health Association’s 136th Annual meeting & Exposition
Deadline for early and discounted registration is August 15, 2008
San Diego, California

July 2-9, 2008
Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ACPID) in conjunction with Indonesian Congress of Pediatrics (KONIKA)
Surabaya, Indonesia

June 19-22, 2008
13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

June 8 -12, 2008
6th International Symposium on Pneumococci & Pneumococcal Diseases
Reykjavik, Iceland

Announcements & Deadlines

September 25, 2008
Next deadline for applications to GAVI for new vaccines support, immunization services support and injection safety support