Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 09:39:28 -0500 (EST)
From: "ANNE WILSON, CDC NAC" <CLEARINGHOUS@delphi.com>
Subject: MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT 02/25/94

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
February 25, 1994
 
 
Notice to Readers
 
International Course in Surveillance and Applied Epidemiology for
HIV and AIDS
 
     CDC will cosponsor the fourth International Course in
Surveillance and Applied Epidemiology for human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) September
12-30, 1994, in Atlanta. The course is designed for government
public health and medical officials, primarily from developing
countries, who are responsible for surveillance and epidemiologic
assessment of HIV/AIDS. Lectures, discussion seminars and
exercises, and hands-on computer training will teach basic
epidemiologic skills, applied statistics, methods for surveillance
of AIDS and HIV infection, and techniques to conduct applied
research and to interpret and analyze data. Additional information
about curriculum and course content is available from CDC's
HIV/AIDS Course Coordinator, International Activity, Division of
HIV/AIDS, Mailstop E-50, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333;
telephone (404) 639-6100; fax (404) 639-6118.
     The deadline for submitting applications is April 1, 1994.
Additional information about enrollment and applications are
available from Visions, USA, Inc., 3485 N Desert Drive, Building 2,
Suite 102, Atlanta, GA 30344; telephone (404) 768-3091; fax (404)
768-3594.
 
 
Course in Hospital Epidemiology
 
     CDC, the Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA),
and the American Hospital Association will cosponsor a hospital
epidemiology training course May 7-10, 1994, in Washington, D.C.
The course, designed for infectious disease fellows, new hospital
epidemiologists, and infection-control practitioners, provides
hands-on exercises to improve skills in detection, investigation,
and control of epidemiologic problems encountered in the hospital
setting and lectures and seminars on fundamental aspects of
hospital epidemiology.
     Additional information is available from SHEA Meetings
Department, 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200, Woodbury, NJ 08096-3172;
telephone (609) 845-1720; fax (609) 853-0411.