Pediatric Infectology Conference Opens at UASLP – El Sol de San Luis

Common illnesses in Mexico that can be detected by Communicable Disease are acute bronchitis (chest cold), common cold, ear infections, influenza (flu), sinusitis (paranasal sinus infection), skin infections, sore throat, and Today they held the 16th Inter-American Congress of Pediatric Infectology “Dr. José Luis Castañeda Narváez” at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi (UASLP).

Topics discussed at this meeting focus on the update and management of major viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections in Mexico, as well as new challenges in vaccinology, including ribonucleic acid vaccines, messenger RNA, panoramic status of global vaccination programs and innovative platforms for vaccine development .

Epidemiologists from across the country and the world come together to exchange knowledge and build professional networks, cementing its position as a global reference event in pediatric health.

The event, organized by the Mexican Association of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (AMIP) in collaboration with the Supreme Institute of Medicine and the Center for Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (Cicsab), brought together distinguished health professionals from Costa Rica, Mexico, the United States and Spain. Conferences, which include a variety of agendas including workshops, themed sessions, free paper presentations, and more.

Ricardo Villarreal Villalpando, director of the School of Pediatrics in San Luis Potosí, emphasized that the main goal of such meetings is to ensure that children are taken care of. Enrique Rodríguez Barragán, President of the Mexican Association of Pediatric Infectology (AC, AMIP), recognized UASLP’s role as one of the top public universities.

UASLP Rector Alejandro Javier Zermeño Guerra emphasized the importance of comprehensive training of health professionals in important areas such as clinical microbiology, infectious disease care and pediatric infectious disease specialties. He called on medical students not to limit themselves to being doctors but to become researchers, emphasizing the need to be prepared for future epidemics.

He stressed the importance of conducting research in a global context where environmental degradation and biodiversity loss could trigger new health crises. In this sense, he recalled the recent establishment of biosafety level three in medical schools and noted the importance of having adequate facilities to cope with new challenges.

He invited students to approach experts and stressed the need for scientific research to restore the protection Mexico has had for children for many years.

Notable personalities present at the event included María Luisa Ávila, Alejandra Soriano Fallas and Flor Muñoz, as well as Francisco Guarner and Armando Correa, IMSS Welfare State Coordinator Daniel Acosta Díaz de León and President of the Mexican National Pediatric Federation Ana Beatriz Rosas Sámano.