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March 2010 2010-03-11 World Kidney Day 2010-03-19 19th WITS SKILLS TRAINING COURSE The next Wits Clinical Skills Course will be held on Friday 19th March 2010. Participants have the chance to do 5 skills stations of 80 minutes each during the day.As always, the focus will be on practical skills relevant to rural hospital and primary care practice. Details of the course are as follows: Date: Friday 19th March 2010 Time: 7H45 to 17H15. Venue: Clinical Skills Unit, Centre for Health Sciences Education, 3rd floor, Wits Medical School, Parktown Who will benefit: Community service doctors, rural doctors and general practitioners wishing to improve their clinical skills postgraduate family medicine students. Cost: R750 per participant (includes refreshments, lunch, handouts and certificate). Concession for current Wits postgraduate students: R500 CPD points: 7 points will be awarded for full participation Skills to be covered: Topics for this course may include endotracheal intubation, CPR, the IMCI approach, obstetric emergencies, eye examination, respiratory problems, approach to chest x-rays, developmental assessment, interpreting FBC's, fracture management, etc. (All topics are subject to confirmation a final list will be available in late February.) 2010-03-20 World Head Injury Awareness Day 2010-03-21 Human Rights Day 2010-03-21 World Down Syndrome Day 2010-03-24 World TB Day   April 2010 2010-04-02 World Autism Awareness Day 2010-04-05 National Polio Eradication Awareness Week 2010-04-07 World Health Day 2010-04-17 World Haemophilia Day 2010-04-25 Africa Malaria Day 2010-04-29 7th TICH Annual Scientific Conference An invitation to the 7th TICH Annual Scientific Conference whose theme is Innovations towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals, on the 29th April to the 2nd May 2010, in Kisumu, Kenya. Download the invitation here.   May 2010 2010-05-08 World Red Cross Day 2010-05-10 World Move for Health Day 2010-05-12 World Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome 2010-05-12 International Nurses Day 2010-05-16 Candlelight Memorial Day 2010-05-24 Child Protection Week 2010-05-24 Child Protection Week 2010-05-28 International Day of Action for Womens Health 2010-05-31 World No Tobacco Day   June 2010 2010-06-01 South African TB Conference 2010 Venue: ICC, Durban It is with great pleasure that I invite you to attend the South African TB Conference 2010. As a result of the growing prevalence of HIV, South Africa and the southern African region are facing one of the worst TB epidemics on the planet. In its latest Global TB Report 2009, the World Health Organization estimated that South Africa has the fifth highest number of TB cases and the second highest TB incidence of any country in the world. 2010-06-01 International Childrens Day 2010-06-04 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 2010-06-05 World Environment Day 2010-06-14 World Blood Donor Day 2010-06-15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2010-06-16 Youth Day 2010-06-21 National Epilepsy Week 2010-06-21 National Epilepsy Day 2010-06-21 National Youth Health Indaba 2010-06-21 SANCA Drug Awareness Week 2010-06-26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking   July 2010 2010-07-11 World Population Day 2010-07-18 XVIII International AIDS Conference The International AIDS Conference is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic. It is a chance to assess where we are, evaluate recent scientific developments and lessons learnt, and collectively chart a course forward.   August 2010 2010-08-01 World Breastfeeding Week 2010-08-02 National Immunisation Awareness Week 2010-08-02 Rheumatic Fever Week 2010-08-09 National Womens Day 2010-08-12 International Youth Day 2010-08-24 African Traditional Medicine Week 2010-08-30 Deaf Awareness Week 2010-08-31 African Traditional Medicine Day   September 2010 2010-09-06 Pharmacy Week 2010-09-06 Back Week 2010-09-06 Kidney Awareness Week 2010-09-08 World Rabies Day 2010-09-09 International Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day 2010-09-12 MEDINFO 2010 2010-09-12 World Oral Health Day 2010-09-14 National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Day (ADHD) 2010-09-14 Stroke Week 2010-09-20 World Retina Week 2010-09-20 Commencement of Eye Care Awareness Month 2010-09-21 World Alzheimers Day 2010-09-26 World Retina Day 2010-09-26 World Heart Day   October 2010 2010-10-01 International Day for Older Persons 2010-10-01 National Inherited Disorders Day 2010-10-09 Partnership against AIDS Anniversary 2010-10-09 National Nutrition Week 2010-10-10 World Mental Health Day 2010-10-12 World Arthritis Day 2010-10-12 National Bandana Day 2010-10-12 World Bone and Joint Week 2010-10-13 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 2010-10-14 World Sight Day 2010-10-15 National Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day 2010-10-15 National Obesity Week 2010-10-16 World Food Day 2010-10-17 World Spine Day 2010-10-17 World Trauma Day 2010-10-17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2010-10-20 National Down Syndrome Day 2010-10-20 World Osteoporosis Day 2010-10-23 National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day 2010-10-24 World Polio Day   November 2010 2010-11-06 National Childrens Day 2010-11-08 SADC Malaria Week 2010-11-09 World Quality Day 2010-11-12 SADC Malaria Day 2010-11-14 World Diabetes Day 2010-11-25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2010-11-25 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women & Children   December 2010 2010-12-01 World AIDS Day 2010-12-03 International Day of Disabled Persons 2010-12-05 International Volunteers Day 2010-12-09 World Patient Safety Day 2010-12-10 International Human Rights Day

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