Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al ‎Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences is organizing a webinar ‎series on the topic of ‘infectious disease’, where some of the ‎winners of the 12th term of the Awards will share their diverse ‎experience and knowledge with the participants.

 

The first of these webinars will be held on Wednesday, February ‎‎15th, 2023 at 6:30 pm, and will discuss the topic "The ‎Elimination of Group A Meningococcal Meningitis from Sub-‎Saharan Africa: Lesson Learned".  This webinar will feature a talk ‎on the prevention of meningococcal infection and development ‎of the Meningitis Vaccine  by Prof. Marc ‎LaForce, Clinical ‎Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone School of Medicine and ‎Director of ‎the Meningitis Vaccine Project. Prof. LaForce is the ‎recipient of the Hamdan Award for ‎Medical Research Excellence ‎on the topic of prevention of infectious diseases. The webinar ‎will be chaired by Prof. Suleiman Al Hammadi, Dean of College of ‎Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics at the Mohammed Bin ‎Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences.‎

 

His Excellency Abdullah bin Souqat, Executive Director of the ‎Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical ‎Sciences, said that the award has been working since its ‎establishment in 1999 to support the health sector h and to ‎enhance its ability to communicate with the scientific and ‎academic community and specialists from all over the world. He ‎confirmed that the Award will continue to work hard to achieve ‎the visions of the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ‎the Founder of the award.‎

 

It is worth noting that the webinar series is open to the public ‎and registration is cost-free for all institutions and individuals. ‎The series will include many important topics presented by ‎experts from all over the world. Registered participants will also ‎receive CME hours. to register: ‎https://dicms.ae/webinars/id/1st/