The early registration deadline for our meeting on' The Global Public Health Implications of Tropical Diseases Research' is February 20th. After this date, fees will double. The meeting will be held at The Biopark Hertfordshire,UK, on 22nd May 2009 and will be chaired by Professor P.K. Das.

The agenda includes:

 Diagnostics of Leprosy -  Dr. Annemieke Geluk, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

 Correlates of protection in co-infections -  Dr.  Roberto Nisini, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy 
  
Global Health in the Tropics. Barriers and perspectives - Prof Francesco Castelli, University of Brescia, Italy

Malaria vaccines - Dr. Alan Thomas ,  Biomedical Primate Research Centre,  Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Schistosomiasis: what’s being done to control it -  Mike Doenhoff

MHC/NK interactions and disease - Professor. John Trowsdale, Cambridge University,UK

Differential Th responses and the implications for HIV-1 infection - Dr William A Paxton, University of Amsterdam¸The Netherlands

To book a place please visit: www.regonline.co.uk/tropical09

Abstracts are welcome and will be considered for oral presentation.  The deadline for abstract submissions is 10th February 2009.  There will be a prize for the best poster.