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REACHING OUT

TO THE HARD TO REACH

The Congress President, Dr Valeska Padovese and the Chair of the Scientific Committee, Prof  Henry De Vries would like to invite and welcome you to the upcoming 36th IUSTI Europe Congress which will be held at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Valletta, Malta, from the 26 to the 28 October 2023. This is an exciting event for several reasons. It will be the second time that the IUSTI Europe Congress comes to Malta following the successful 2014 edition in St Julian’s. Additionally, the upcoming congress will be a face-to-face meeting following the hybrid congress in Tbilisi 2022, and the virtual editions in Amsterdam 2021 and Romania 2020. We will finally be able to meet each other face-to-face for the first time after the Covid-19 lockdowns! 

As if that is not enough, in 2023 IUSTI Europe celebrates its 100 years and we aim at getting all the IUSTI family to Malta to commemorate this important anniversary. We will surely surprise you with a sparkling congress and outstanding social program! The networking will be in Valletta, Malta’s attractive capital city and a World Heritage Site, nothing short of an open-air museum and a true homage to Baroque architecture. 

The Scientific Program will deal with all aspects of STIs and clinical issues. Furthermore this year it will also aim at discussing health policies to improve the sexual health outcomes of socially disadvantaged groups, “reaching out to the hard to reach”: those who are disadvantaged and disenfranchised, the homeless and transient, chronically mentally ill, high school dropouts, criminal offenders, sex workers, juvenile delinquents, gang members, runaways and other street people.


 

Dr Valeska Padovese

PRESIDENT IUSTI EUROPE 2023

Dermatologist and Venereologist Consultant, Genitourinary clinic, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta


 

Prof Henry De Vries

CHAIRPERSON, INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 

Dermatology and Infectious Diseases Consultant, Amsterdam Medical Center, The Netherlands

 ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

             Venue

                Grand Hotel Excelsior

               Great Siege Road,

                Floriana Valletta




 RECENT NEWS

Congress Photos

We can't believe that the IUSTI Europe Congress in Malta is over! If you'd like to indulge in some memories, then click here to access the Congress photos and feel free to download and share your favorite shots.

Winners Of the Best Poster and The Best Oral Presentation

The winner of the Best Poster went to William Abou Shahla (left) with his poster title “Sexual Transmitted Infection among LGBTQ+ community members in Lebanon, between Knowledge and Stigma” and the winner for the Best Oral Presentation went to Sasha Fahme (right) with her presentation title “Sexual and gender-based violence and sexually transmitted infections among Syrian refugee women in Lebanon”.



EACCME

European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

The 36th IUSTI Europe Congress, Valletta, Malta, 26/10/2023-28/10/2023 has been accredited bythe European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 16 EuropeanCME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/sheactually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the AmericanMedical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRACategory 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can befound at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activitiesLive educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® forECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

EACCME® Credits

Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 9 and 23 of UEMS 2016.20. 

The breakdown of ECMEC®s per day are:

26.10.2023 - 4.00

27.10.2023 - 7.00

28.10.2023 - 5.00













The International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) is the oldest international organisation in the field (founded in 1923). Its objective is the achievement of international cooperation in the control of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection. IUSTI is on the Roster of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and is an official non-governmental organisation in Consultative Status with the World Health Organisation.

The Genito-Urinary Clinic at Mater Dei Hospital (GUC) in Malta is the main sexual health clinic on the island and local partner for the Congress, alongside the Maltese Association of Dermatology and Venereology (MADV), a professional medical association set up in 1994 to advance the education of dermatology and sexual health amongst Maltese healthcare professionals as well as in the Maltese public in general.

Bridges2Health&Rights (B2H&R) is an NGO supporting better health and rights outcomes for structurally marginalised populations. We stand for equality, sexual and reproductive rights, and migrant rights. We strive for a more effective implementation of human rights for all. B2H&R conducts multi-disciplinary research on the barriers impeding access to health and human rights to inform better policy-making; Evidence-based training for professionals and awareness-raising. 


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