Dear Colleague:

The 1st International Symposium on Geospatial Health will be held in Lijiang, Yunnan province, China on 8-11 September 2007 with its theme of Geospatial Health and Control of Fish-borne Parasites in Asia. Read the complete meeting announcement here. (click to download)

Lijiang, Yunnan Province, PR China 5 - 7 September, 2007 www.rnas.org.cn

Workshop Programme 1. Review of sub-projects a) Application of immunodiagnosis kits b) Standardization of ultrasonography protocol c) Animal schistosomiasis 2. Country reports a) Human prevalence in Cambodia, China, Indonesia and the Philippines b) Animal revalence studies

Progress of the 3 Sub-projects 1.a. Immuno-diagnostic kit - DDIA kit Developed in JIPD, available since 2000, has been applied in:

Product 1:Diagnostic Kit(FA-ELISA) For Detection of Short Term Antibodies of Schistosomiasis japonica　 Product 2:The Wuxi strain of Schistosoma japonicum, snails of Oncomelania hupensis

Inna Sindhu Beach Hotel, Bali, Indonesia 8-10 August, 2005 Theme Research ethics and control strategy for Asian schistosomiasis through regional collaboration evaluation Participants