Event addresses the importance of immunization

On April 20, the Academic League of Applied Infectology, in partnership with the Brazilian Society of Immunizations (SBIM), will carry out its I Immunization Journey that will take place in the auditorium of Hospital Português. The event is aimed at health professionals and students.

The program, which starts at 8 am, comprises 10 classes, two of which presented by the president of SBIM, Dr. Renato Kfori: Vaccination Calendar - Routine and Update in Different Situations and Pneumococcal Vaccination and one by the vice president of society, Dr. Guido Levi, who will present the theme Vaccination against Measles/Mumps/Rubella/Varicella.

Classes are also scheduled with doctors and professors from local institutions, such as the director of the Couto Maia Hospital and a professor at Bahiana, Dr. Ceuci Nunes; Dr. Adriana Dourado, from the State Health Department; Dr. Regis Campos, from the UFBA Immunology Service and Dr. Jacy Andrade from the Special Immunobiological Reference Center/UFBA.

The registration fee is R$ 10,00 and 1 kg of non-perishable food to be donated to a charity institution. Those interested in participating can write to the email laiabainscricoes@gmail.com. Information via telephones 9223 9276, 9237 7147 and 9985 6428.