• SASVEPM Pre-Congress workshop 2023: Botswana Report

    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

    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…

  • Congress 2020/2021

    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…

  • Congress 2019

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • Congress 2013

    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

    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…

  • SASVEPM 2012 Pre-congress

    SASVEPM 2012 Pre-congress

    SASVEPM 2012 Pre-congress Workshop Databases for Veterinarians The annual congress of the Southern African Society of veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine was held in Pretoria between the 1st and 3rd of AugustRead More…

  • World Veterinary Congress 2011 – Epidemiology Stream

    World Veterinary Congress 2011 – Epidemiology Stream

    The World Veterinary Congress turned out to be a most informative and enjoyable event. The epidemiology stream was varied with topics ranging from sero-prevalence surveys in South America to some interesting rabiesRead More…

  • SASVEPM Congress 2010

    SASVEPM Congress 2010

    The theme for the 2010 SASVEPM Congress was “ANIMAL AND MAN: EXPLORING THE EXPANDING INTERFACE”, which focussed on zoonoses and supporting the principle of “One World, One Health”. Click here to downloadRead More…