ITM / DVTD Joint Colloquium on Zoonoses and
Neglected Infectious Diseases of Africa
1 – 4 November 2011 Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa
This colloquium organised jointly by the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM, Belgium) and the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases of the University of Pretoria (DVTD, South Africa) is the second in a series of three regional colloquia on research for the control of neglected infectious diseases, including zoonoses. The first of these thematic colloquia was organised in Lima in 2009 and focused on Latin America. With the 2011 colloquium, the focus shifts to Africa. The event will offer a platform for animal and human health researchers and professionals to debate common challenges and identify key research priorities for the future.
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Travel information
The Colloquium Committee is looking forward to welcome you in South Africa.
On arrival at OR Tambo International airport all delegates attending the Colloquium must make their way to the Indaba Hotel. The distance from OR Tambo to the Indaba Hotel is approximately 37 km which can take from 30 min to 60 min depending on peak hour traffic.
You have 4 options of getting to the Indaba Hotel, William Nicol drive, Fourways, Johannesburg:
Use Gautrain to Sandton station and take a taxi from there for the 8km drive to the Indaba Hotel.
Take any taxi/shuttle service from the airport.
Arrange, at your own cost, pick-up and drop-off directly with Sharon Thom from Indaba Hotel. Her contact details. +27 11 840 6600 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +27 11 840 6600end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +27 11 840 6600end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email Sharon@indabahotel.co.za (Rates vary from R420 for 1 person to R600 for 4 people)
Make use of the Colloquium bus service – see departure times below. The company name to look out for at the arrivals hall is PS Tours indicating “Colloquium”.
Sunday
10h00
19h00
Monday
10h40
11h30
19h30
We will post the departure time of busses from the Hotel to the airport on the notice board at the Colloquium.
The celebration of Africa Day this year marks 50 years since the elusive quest for African unity formally started on 25 May 1963, the day on which the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was inaugurated. Despite the acceleration of integration that came with the transformation of the OAU into the African Union (AU), the AU remains poised between two contradictory imperatives: the strengthening of continental institutions and reinforcing national sovereignty.
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The National Biodiversity and Business Network of South Africa was officially launched at the Gordon Institute of Business Sciences (GIBS) in Sandton on 15 May 2013.
The University of Pretoria was represented by Dr Claudious Chikozho and Ms Anesu Makina, both from Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL), as well as Prof Don Cowan from FABI.
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I am pleased to inform you that I received many messages conveying positive feedback on the UP Open Day 2013. I was especially pleased about comments that the UP team of staff, students and volunteers was especially helpful and friendly.
My heartfelt appreciation to all who contributed to a positive experience for parents, prospective students, families, school principals and teachers. I encourage you to keep up the good work. Open Day is an important event for the University for attracting good students, and for broadly enhancing the reputation and status of the University.
Staff and students from the Department of Communication Pathology at the University of Pretoria are involved in one of the most important evidence-based interventions for preterm and low birth weight babies in the world.
The final year students are participating in Kalafong Hospital as audiologists and speech-language therapists in this very effective neonatal method to care for preterm and low birth weight babies.
‘Making a choice to enrol at a university, and deciding which university to attend are the most important decisions any young person can make in their lifetime. Therefore, make a good decision: choose the University of Pretoria.’
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The University of Pretoria prides itself on its publicly recognised achievements pertaining to its various sporting fraternities. These achievements can be attributed to the University’s sporting facilities, which are of the highest quality among South African universities. To add to its quality achievements, the University of Pretoria, through TuksSport and the High Performance Centre (hpc), has now officially opened a golf training centre.
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