Diseases of Poverty

Event Description

Poverty is one of the major social determinants of health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), many of the diseases contributing to the disease burden in low-income countries are closely linked to the debilitating conditions of poverty, such as lack of access to proper sanitation, health education, safe drinking water, poor nutrition, and indoor air pollution. Diseases of poverty are often easily avoidable, preventable, or treatable with existing medical interventions. 

Intended audience: 

Healthcare workers who treat socially vulnerable patients, including people experiencing homelessness and people with substance use disorder or are interested in Global Health and future developments in ID. This may include clinicians who work in infectious disease, HIV, acute medicine or general practice. 

Objectives: 

To provide clinicians with an understanding of the unique challenges that affect socially excluded persons and effective strategies for improving healthcare outcomes in vulnerable groups. 

Course coordinator:  
Nick Power, Dublin, Ireland  
Yousra Kherabi, Paris, France 

Organisers: TAE, ESGVH, ESGITM, EFWISG 

Accreditation: 

This course has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for a maximum of 11.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). 

Certification: 

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Only participants attending live sessions will be able to receive the certification.

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