ViParc Participation in 59th ITM Colloquium
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 5-7 December 2018
ViParc recently participated in Antibiotic Resistance: From Research to Action, a conference in Phnom Penh from 5-7 December.
This was the 59th colloquium on tropical medicine and global health organized by the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Antwerp.
Colloquium opening
ViParc principal investigator Juan Carrique-Mas presented preliminary results from the main trial, while two other project members, Nguyen Thi Phuong Yen and Vu Thi Quynh Giao, presented a poster highlighting ViParc’s complementary research and community activities:
……………‘Prevalence of antimicrobial residues, non-typhoidal Salmonella, Vibrio spp. and their associated antimicrobial resistance profile in retail shrimps from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’
Juan Carrique-Mas interviewed at 59th ITM colloquium
Nguyen Thi Phuong Yen at 59th ITM Colloquium
Vu Thi Quynh Giao at 59th ITM Colloquium
The colloquium took a One Health approach and was structured around WHO’s five pillars for the containment of antibiotic resistance. All video highlights from the event can be found here.
