Infectious Diseases and HIV Conference

As a result of climatic alterations, human behavior, and microbial evolution, there is a serious threat posed to global health through emerging and re-emerging infections.

This session provides a comprehensive overview of infectious threats in relation to factors contributing to their emergence, the techniques of surveillance, and mitigating its impact on public health. Understanding Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections.

Emerging infections are the newly identified diseases of former unknown diseases increased in incidence while re-emerging infections refer to known diseases that reappeared or spread in areas they once controlled. Such examples include newly emerging infections such as COVID-19, MERS, and Zika virus, as well as those which re-emerge, such as tuberculosis, cholera, and measles.

The causes of these infections will be explored by this course: urbanization, deforestation, climate change, travel and global mobility, and antimicrobial resistance. Surveillance and Early Detection: Effective surveillance will determine early detection and response to new and re-emerging infections.

In this session, we would be discussing how global health organizations, governments, and local health systems should amalgamate their efforts to build an integrated surveillance network. We will hear about all kinds of surveillance, including the most traditional methods and more innovative approaches: digital epidemiology and genomic sequencing-ways of monitoring the emergence of pathogens in real time.

Challenges in Managing Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections: It presents different challenges: unpredictable nature of outbreaks, limited possible diagnostic and treatment options, and the need for rapid response strategies. I found that the session will update the problems related to the development and deploying process of vaccines and therapies against newly evolving threats. Additionally, it will discuss the impact of misinformation and public health communication during outbreaks and how these can influence disease control.

Global Health Strategies of Prevention and Control: Discuss the strategies in the prevention and control of emerging and re-emerging infections, strengthening health systems, improving infection prevention and control practices, as well as forging international partnership.

The role of research in explaining the ecology and transmission dynamics of emerging pathogens will also be discussed; how investing in preparation reduces future outbreak impact.

Join our exciting session with thought leaders for further complexities on emerging and re-emerging infections-through advance surveillance, enhanced outbreak response, and developing global health strategies that protect communities.