Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XIII - n. 2 - June 2000

	5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS 11TH MEETING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CLUB FOR BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS WHO Collaborating Centre
	Sociedade Portuguesa de Queimaduras 2nd Meeting of the Portuguese Burns Society

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Hotel Palace - Estoril (Portugal) - 18-21 October 2000

Scientific Programme

Burns Disease

• Prevention
• Resuscitation therapy
• Infection - Immunology
• Nutrition
• Tissue cover
• Burn surgery
• Social, psychological and functional rehabilitation

Fire Disasters

• Fire and Society: the home, the city, the environment
• Fire disasters and management: wildfires, industrial fires, civil fires nuclear fires
• Fire disasters and the health profession: surgical, medical, nursing, hospital
• World Health Organization: health defence in the world in disasters

Humanitarian action in Burns and Fire Disasters

• The International Association for Humanitarian Medicine (IAHM)
• The action of IAHM and of the Mediterranean Club for Burns and Fire Disasters on behalf of developing countries
• Project to create a network of Burns and Plastic Reconstructive Centres for a humanitarian action.

HEALTH AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION INAUGURAL SIMPOSIUM of the International Association for Humanitarian Medicine Brock Chisholm Initiated by the Dr. Brock Chisholm Memorial Trust and WHO Collaborating Centre for Burns and Fire Disasters FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 17 - 18 November, 2000 PALERMO, ITALY Astoria Palace Hotel

If you wish further information on this congress, visit the following page:

http://www.medbc.com/notice/palerm.htm