Military, civilian doctors to discuss pandemic flu, HIV /AIDS

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Military, civilian doctors to discuss pandemic flu, HIV /AIDS

New Delhi, March. 26

(PTI): There is much more to the army than fighting war, braving

disasters and controlling riots. It is also the source of many

pioneering researches in HIV/AIDS, pandemic flu, diseases in high

altitude areas and other fields.

Around 500 military and civilian medical professionals from around

twenty-five countries will be converging in the capital as part of

The Sixteenth Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference, from March

27-31 to discuss role of military in Civil, combat medicine,

HIV /AIDS, Pandemic Flu and other issues.

" There are so many kinds of threats like bio-terrorism, nuclear

warfare, HIV/AIDS and old diseases that are back with a vengeance.

These affect everybody, not just the military and it is important

that we exchange notes on the researches done in these fields, "

says Surgeon Vice Admiral Vijay K. Singh, director general of the

Armed Forces Medical Services, India, talking about the conference.

One of the most important aspects of the conference is that military

medical professionals from various countries will be interacting

with civilian counterparts from organisations like World Health

Organisation, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and Indian

Council for Medical Research.

As many as 257 scientific papers will be presented during the five-

day conference. There will also be a scientific exhibition.

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