8th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2016
His Excellency Ambassador Kulkumut Singhara Na Ayudhaya and Professor Usa Thisyakorn, the 8th ACPID President at the 8th ACPID Opening Ceremony on 8th November 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand
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The 8th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (8th ACPID) was successfully held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand during 8-10 November, 2016 with the Pre-Congress Training Course on “Severe Dengue” during 7-8 November, 2016. The theme of the Congress is “Working together to safeguard children”. The Congress was attended by more than 1,000 participants from over 40 countries with 158 abstracts eligible for presentation out of 212 submitted abstracts.
The major changes from the past 7 ACPID congresses are: a mobile application through both IOS and Android systems were installed where all scientific programs, congress abstracts as well as E-posters are shown. For those who are familiar to the traditional program and abstract books, we also provide the program book and USB card with the same information. Poster presentation was displayed electronically with some selected E-posters for discussion.
The scientific program included 1 keynote lecture entitled “Prevention and treatment of malaria in children” by Professor Nicholas J White, 12 plenary lectures with the first plenary lecture on “Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Lessons learnt from success in Thailand” by Professor Usa Thisyakorn, the 8th ACPID President. There were 15 symposia, 8 meet the experts, 5 educational sessions and 6 sponsored symposia, all scientific program highlights important pediatric infectious diseases issues occurring around the world, mainly focus on Asia and mostly relevant to prevention of pediatric infectious diseases. The pre-congress short course on “Severe dengue” was also held during 7-8 November, 2016.
At the closing, awards were given to 6 best oral presentation and 5 best E-poster discussion presentation. Photos taken during the congress have been uploaded on https://www.youtube.com under the name of 8thACPID photos. The 9th ACPID will be held in Fukuoka, Japan during 10-12, November 2018 and the 10th ACPID will be held in Korea in 2020.
- Professor Usa Thisyakorn, M.D.
- President, Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease
- Standing Committee Members, International Pediatric Association