The Road to ICOPA2026 webinar in May focused on permanent ectoparasites of humans and the challenges they continue to present in both clinical and public health settings. Webinar 4: The Road to ICOPA2026 – Webinar 4: Tracing Humanity Through Its Lice: Evolution, History, and Today When: Thursday, 21 May 2026, 15:00 (CET) Speaker: Prof. Kosta…
Watch Webinar 3: Malaria Elimination Roadmap: The What, How and When Malaria elimination remains one of the most complex and closely followed challenges in global health. As part of The Road to ICOPA 2026 webinar series, Webinar 3 will focus on a critical question: what does a realistic elimination roadmap actually look like in practice?…
44th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2026)1-5 June, 2026 Bologna & Online ESPID 2026 brings together leading experts from across Europe and beyond, united by a shared commitment to advancing research, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases in children. Expect cutting-edge updates on trials, therapies, antimicrobials, vaccines, antibiotics, antifungals, and future directions. Register now to be part of the community! https://espidmeeting.org
Watch the second WFP webinar series: Celebrating 2026 World Parasite Awareness Day recorded on Thursday 26 March 2026 Presenters: Dr Sadura Tiwananthagorn (Associate Prof. , DVM, Faculty of veterinary Medicine Chiang Mai University, Thailand) presenting “Leishmania martiniquens infection in humans & animals”.and Dr. Elshafie Ibrahim Elshafie (Associate Prof., BVM, MTAH, Dept of Animal and Veterinary…
Royal Society Publishing has recently published a fully OPEN ACCESS Science+ Meeting issue from Philosophical Transactions B: Parasite evolution and impact in action: exploring the importance and control of hybrid schistosomes in Africa and beyond compiled and edited by J Russell Stothard, Amadou Garba, Alexandra Juhász, Lucas J Cunningham, Janelisa Musaya and David Rollinson and the articles are free to…
Watch the launch of the WFP webinar series: The road to ICOPA2026. The first session was recorded on Thursday 26th February 2026 and WFP President Pikka Jokelainen gave an introduction to the WFP and an Inspirational talk on One Health. To watch the WFP webinar on YouTube please use this link
Information to potential bidders for ICOPA hosting, in particular about the role of Kenes Group, has been added to the page ICOPA – WFP
You Are Invited to ICOPA 2026! On behalf of the World Federation of Parasitologists (WFP), we are thrilled to invite you to the 16th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA XVI), taking place in the vibrant city of Montréal, Canada, from August 16 to August 21, 2026. Theme: Parasites in a Changing World Join us as…
Welcome to ESPID 2025 43rd European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases Meeting May 26-30, 2025, in Bucharest & Online www.espidmeeting.org/ Join us for the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, taking place from May 26-30, 2025, in Bucharest & Online. This premier Meeting brings together leading researchers and specialists from…
It is a sad duty for us to announce that Professor Jaroslav Kulda, an internationally respected parasitologist, one of the pioneers in hydrogenosome research, highly regarded teacher at the Charles University, Prague, recipient of the WFP Distinguished Achievement Award in 2010, former long-time president of the Czech Society for Parasitology, scientific and moral authority, and…