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Welcome to the 2012 Conference Web Site

Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd May

The Europa Hotel in Belfast 

The aim of the 5 Nations Health Protection Conference is to provide a focus for Continuing Professional Development for Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, Consultants and Specialists in Public Health Medicine and their colleagues in the epidemiology and control of infectious, non infectious diseases and environmental hazards.

The conference will address important public health issues that have arisen since the last meeting and provide fresh perspectives on established areas of disease prevention and control.

Short papers will also be presented by those actively working in Health Protection.  Papers and posters will be presented in the following sessions.

      • HCAI: Role of health protection
      • Surveillance: Data, information or intelligence?
      • Outbreaks: Exploiting natural experiments (This session will focus on how outbreak investigation can advance scientific knowledge)                              
      • Travel infections: Excess baggage                                                           
      • Sexual health: Unwanted souvenirs                                    
      • Hot topics
      • Poster sessions - Both days

Some important dates

The last date for the submission of abstracts is Sunday 12th February

The last date for registration to attend the conference is Friday 13th April

The venue of the conference is the Europa Hotel in Belfast.  For more information regarding the venue please visit the Belfast 2012 page.  For more information regarding the conference please see the call for papers.  Please feel free to circulate this flyer to those whom you think it might be of interest.

The conference is organised jointly by the Health Protection Agency in England, Public Health Wales, Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland, Health Protection Scotland, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre for the Republic of Ireland, in partnership with the Public Health Medicine Environmental Group (PHMEG).

If any further information is required please visit our contacts page.


Last updated: 04/01/2012