ESCMID have opened the call for new ESCMID guidelines projects 2020.
 

Proposals for clinical practice guidelines projects in the following topics will be considered:
1. Diagnosis and treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia;
2. Diagnosis and treatment of Brain Abscess management;
3. Update of the 2014 ESCMID guideline of prevention of infections due to MDR-GN.

This call is open to ESCMID study groups and individual ESCMID members, but proposals submitted with other scientific societies are encouraged.The deadline for proposals submission is 01/11/2020.
For more information click here. If you have questions please email: guidancedocuments@escmid.org.

The European Academy of Paediatrics invite you to share the resources they have put together during the pandemic, and to visit their Resource Centre. This includes a number of elements which youmayht find interesting and helpful:
 

·         Links to the weekly webinars that we have run over the last 2 months addressing a range of practical, academic and psychological aspects of the crisis

·         Daily blogs and updates with links to helpful sites and breaking news

·         A ‘Children’s Corner’ with advice on activities and links to useful resources for families

        ·         Links to national guidelines and documents 

The following resources are available to view. If you are interested in any of the topics listed below please click the link to access athe content.

PIDJ Special COVID-19 Collection 

Covid-19 Resources & Tools site 

Clinical Effectiveness COVID-19 

We are very pleased to announce that the ESPID Antibiotic Management course is now live.

To do the course, log in to the ESPID website and go to the online courses section of ESPID Education. You can commence the course immediately and complete it at your own pace.

The course allows direct discussion with other participants, the course director or the module authors. This provides a platform for lively forum discussions making learning more fun. 
All the modules have excellent information on the subjects and have been written by renown paediatric infectious diseases experts in the field. And the course is free for ESPID members! 

We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the future partnership of the two societies with the aim of fostering collaborative relationships to strengthen practice, education and advocacy for paediatric infectious diseases.

As part of our new 4-part podcast series, ESPID brings you leaders in paediatric infectious diseases, discussing their experiences, viewpoints and more.

Click here to listen to the latest Podcast

To view the 2018 syllabus click here: 2018 European Syllabus in Paediatric Infectious Diseases

 Article about Primary Vaccination Coverage in the USA by Peter Hotez as Published in the New York Times 

 Click here to view the article: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/opinion/how-the-anti-vaxxers-are-winning.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0&referer=http://m.facebook.com

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There are a series of meningitis webinars designed to explore five key question beyond 2020.

Webinar 1: Meningitis in the COVID-19 era
16 November 2020 3-4.30pm GMT (provisional date)

How do we maintain and strengthen meningitis prevention to counteract the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare and immunisation programmes?  

Webinar 2: Future Prevention Strategies for Meningitis

23 November 2020 2-5pm GMT (confirmed date)

How should we protect babies against GBS now and in the future? 

What strategies will help to control the rise of non-vaccine-preventable pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal meningitis?

Webinar 3: Tackling meningitis: the WHO Defeating Meningitis by 2030 Roadmap and the WHO STI Vaccine Roadmap
2 December 2020 1-4pm GMT (provisional date)
Should we introduce adolescent MenB vaccine and will the WHO STI Vaccine Roadmap unlock this?

What progress has been made with the WHO global roadmap Defeating Meningitis by 2030?

The webinars will be free of charge but you will need to register to join the webinars. Save the dates now, and look out for updates on the MRF website when registration opens

For further information please click here