Course Schedule for 2025-2026:
Theoretical part in Stockholm
1st week – Malaria and other systemic protozoan infections (Nov 10th – 14th 2025)
Malaria: Taxonomy and life cycles, Epidemiology, Clinical aspects, Principles of therapy, Principles of prophylaxis, Pathogenesis, Diagnostic methods, Parasite morphology, Antimalarial drugs, Drug resistance, Malaria vaccines, Anopheles entomology.
Other: African trypanosomiasis, Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease.
Afternoon: Case discussions. Practical training in microscopy and use of rapid diagnostic methods.
2nd week – Parasitic and intestinal infections (Dec 8th – 12th 2025)
Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Gastrointestinal helminths, Echinococcus Liver flukes, Neurocysticercosis, Schistosomiasis, Intestinal protozoan infections, Diagnostic methods, Eosinophilia, Entomology, Medical anthropology.
Afternoon: Case discussions. Practical training in microscopy.
3rd week – HIV and other infections (Jan 12th – 16th 2024)
HIV: General overview on epidemiology with focus on low-income countries, Pathogenesis, Clinical aspects, HIV therapy, Mother to child transmission, Diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections, TB/HIV co-infection.
Other: Dengue fever, Viral haemorragic fevers, TB, STI and dermatology, Leprosy.
Thursday, Jan 15th Distance e-learning case discussions
Friday, Jan 16th Final examination
Distance e-learning
The participants will be given literature recommendations for self studies including review articles and published clinical trials. They will have constant access to the teachers by mail. A total of five lectures will be available on the web. A number of case reports are distributed and written comments must be handed in to the course leaders before the 3rd course week in Jan 2026. At the end of the course the cases are discussed.
The main diseases to be covered are:
- Viral: Chickungunya, Rift valley fever, Japanese encephalitis, Poliomyelitis, Rabies, West Nile fever, Viral hepatitis (acute), Yellow fever, HTLV, Tetanus
- Bacterial: Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, Meloidosis, Plague, Q-fever, Rickettsia, relapsing fever and bacterial meningitis
Field visit to Ethiopia or Tanzania (Jan 24th – Feb 8th 2026)
The visit to Ethiopia will allow the participants to come into contact with the situation in a low-income country where resources are scarce. They will meet an abundant number of patients with different infections including complicated HIV and TB cases. The participants will experience the differences in living conditions, disease spectrum and facilities between the capital and remote rural areas (in southern Ethiopia).
The program in Ethiopia will be organized in collaboration with the Department of Internal Medicine, Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa.