New documents on IEA institutional ethics
The IEA council has released two important documents on institutional ethics. Guidelines for acceptance of gifts and donations for our association and for events that we sponsor, such as conferences or...
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Dr. Mervyn Susser: Obituary
Dear Colleagues and friends It is with great sadness that I inform you that Dr Mervyn Susser, our dear friend and colleague, passed away last night. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Zena...
View ArticleEbola
The International Epidemiological Association (IEA) met at its 20th World Congress in Alaska, on August 18-21. The IEA Council strongly endorses the joint statement of the World Federation of Public...
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President’s Report, 2011-2013 President’s Plan, 2014-2017
View ArticleProf. Vinod K. Srivastava
MD (Social & Preventive Medicine), DPH, M.Sc. Comm. Med. (LSHTM),FAMS, FIPHA, FIAPSM, FSMS Professor Vinod K Srivastava, the present Secretary, IEA, is currently working as Head, Department of...
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Thanks to Cesar Victora, for his work as IEA President, 2011-2014
Epidemiologists from around the world thank Cesar Victora for his work over the last three years, as President of the IEA, promoting epidemiology and its use to solve major public health problems. He...
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GOARN Request for Assistance: Ebola outbreak response in West Africa, Vacancy...
Title : Ebola Outbreak Response 2014, West Africa Type: GOARN Request for Assistance Classification: Restricted Date: 29 September 2014 Country: Guinea Region: WHO AFRO Notice in English and French...
View ArticleReducing premature mortality as the Sustainable Development Goal for Health
As the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaches, there has been a lively debate about the next generation of global goals and targets: the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030....
View ArticleObituary: Tony McMichael
It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected death of Tony McMichael. Only a few weeks ago he presented the opening Cruickshank Lecture at the IEA World Congress in Alaska on “Climate...
View ArticleMobilising resources to fight the Ebola epidemic
On 26 September The Lancet published “Ebola: an open letter to European governments,” on behalf of 44 signatories. The IEA supports this plea for international support to help fighting this terrible...
View ArticleGOARN Request for Assistance: Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is at a critical stage, requiring continued additional support at the national and subnational levels in the affected...
View ArticleSustainable Development Goals for Health Joint Statement by the IEA and WFPHA
The United Nations is developing a list of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are intended to guide efforts to reduce poverty and improve health and well-being in all countries by 2030 while...
View Article2020 World Congress of Epidemiology: Choosing Location Survey
Please look carefully at all six proposals listed alphabetically, and then use the following link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D2VCNQG to vote for the location of the IEA World Congress in 2020....
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The International Epidemiological Association (IEA) met at its 20th World Congress in Alaska, on August 18-21. The IEA Council strongly endorses the joint statement of the World Federation of Public...
View Article2020 World Congress of Epidemiology: Choosing Location Survey
We apologize, but the system for voting is temporarily down. We hope to have it working in a week or so.
View ArticleEpiBlog: Chikungunya Fever in Caribbean, Central and South American Region
In 2010, imported cases of Chikungunya Fever arrived in North America for the first time. These cases were infected viremic travelers returning from India. But, the first evidence of autochthonous...
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EpiBlog on behalf of the European Epidemiological Federation (EEF) about the...
While EEF is formally a ‘Region’ of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA), it also has a role in pooling the interests of many national epidemiological societies in Europe. EEF’s most...
View Article11th Brazilian Collective Health Conference
The eleventh edition of the Brazilian Collective Health Congress will be held between July 28th and August 1st in Goiânia, Brazil. During five days, professionals and researchers in Collective Health...
View Article27th Conference of the International Society for Environment Epidemiology
The meeting will be held in São Paulo, Brazil, from August 30th to September 3rd, 2015. ISEE2015 will bring together researchers, academics, managers, and health professionals in order to promote the...
View ArticleAPHA 2015 Annual Meeting
The 2015 APHA Annual Meeting will be held in Chicago, October 31 to November 4. The IEA/APHA joint session “Epidemiology across the Americas” will discuss how to connect the Americans epidemiologist....
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