Increasing knowledge and awareness of well-known and emerging parasitic infections.

Aims and objectives

The ESCMID Study Group for Clinical Parasitology (ESGCP) is composed of expert parasitologists and keen individuals with a common goal to promote knowledge of parasitology through a wide range of activities, such as: 

• Proposing sessions of outstanding scientific quality at ESCMID Global annual congress, which address topics of significant clinical and public health importance
• Collaborating with other study groups on educational and scientific projects on cross-cutting topics
• Financially supporting researchers in the field of parasitology to carry out high-quality research and to attend the Society’s annual congress
• Organising educational courses in different fields of parasitology
• Advocating the central role of parasitology in the whole array of microbiology disciplines, in a real one-health approach including ecology, animal health, and clinical and public human health