Workshops and Seminar
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SASVEPM Pre-Congress workshop 2023: Botswana Report
President Dr Mohamed Sirdar sirdarm@sasvepm.org or m.sirdar@woah.org Vice President Prof Chris Marufu chris.marufu@sasvepm.org or chris.marufu@up.ac.za Secretary Dr Oonagh Pretorius secretary@sasvepm.org SASVEPM Pre-Congress workshop 2023: Botswana Report Title: Fundamentals of Outbreak Investigations inRead More...
Pre-congress workshop on Prevention, Surveillance and Control of Rabies
Pre-congress workshop on Prevention, Surveillance and Control of Rabies in urban and Rural Settings in South Africa- 22-23 August at the East London ICC · To increase awareness and communication about rabiesRead More...
FMD webinar in 2022 and 2023
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Outbreak and Response in 2022 In the 2022 financial year, South Africa experienced a significant Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak. In response, SASVEPM organized a webinarRead More...
Threat of emerging H5 and H7 avian influenza webinar
Threat of emerging H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses to the regional poultry market: global overview and sustainable control measures applicable to southern Africa webinar 14 March 2024 SASVEPM Webinar I ofRead More...
Laboratory Biosecurity and Biosafety Training Workshop 2021
In collaboration with the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute (ARC-OVR), the Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SASVEPM) held a national training workshop on Laboratory Biosecurity andRead More...
Congress 2020/2021
18th Annual SASVEPM Congress 2021 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SASVEPM) had to postpone the 18th annual congress from 2020 to 2021.Read More...
Data Management in Animal Health Workshop
The Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SASVEPM) held a national training workshop on data management in the veterinary field on 11–13 October 2021. The training was given inRead More...
ASF Online Workshop 2020
To watch this online workshop, please follow the following link: https://event.webinarjam.com/t/click/m2yy0u8wuynbnmhyr4h6myuvz2u4
Congress 2019
The Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine hosted its 17th Annual SASVEPM Congress at the Coastlands Hotel in Umhlanga Kwazulu-Natal during 21-23 August 2019. We achieved record attendance thisRead More...
Congress 2018
SASVEPM joined the Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa to have our annual congress at Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Boksburg, South Africa from 18-20 June 2018. Read More...
Congress 2017
Congress 2017 SASVEPM joined the the South African Veterinary Association as well as several paraveterinary organisations to have our annual congress as part of the 9th Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress at BirchwoodRead More...
Congress 2016
Download the 2016 Proceedings here Thanks to our CE speaker, Prof Jonathan Rushton, as well as all our presenting authors, the 2016 congress in Cape Town was a great success. Please downloadRead More...
Congress 2015
Download the 2015 Proceedings HERE Thanks to our CE speakers, Dr Gavin Thomson, Dr Louis van Schalkwyk and Dr Peter Thompson, as well as all our presenting authors the 2015 congress inRead More...
Congress 2014
12th Annual Congress The 12th annual congress of the SASVEPM was held in Port Elizabeth between 20 and 22 August 2014. The continuing education speaker was world renowned veterinary epidemiologist Prof Dirk Pfeiffer fromRead More...
CE Course 2014
CE Course 2014 – Tracing the source – social network analysis and EpiContactTrace Dr John Grewar presented a workshop hosted by SASVEPM in early May 2014. The course focussed on network analysisRead More...
Congress 2013
11th Annual Congress The 11th annual congress of the SASVEPM was a resounding success and we thank all the attendees who made it so worthwhile. It was one of our biggest congressesRead More...
Congress 2012
10th Annual SASVEPM Congress Click here to view the 2012 Proceedings 1-3 August 2012 – Pretoria – South Africa Our theme for this year’s congress was “Outbreak Investigation: Science and Intuition” andRead More...