Overview
Partners: Qatar University, WHO EMRO and Gulf CDC
Organisers: Hadi Yassine (Qatar University) and Rebecca Cox (University of Bergen)
Participants 45 Qatar based students and 76 international participants from Bahrain, Germany, India, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Norway, Russia and Saudi Arabia
ISIRV supported 44 international participants from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.
Program offered an intensive program of world class keynote lectures offering insights into latest research and two expert panels on influenza, coronaviruses (SARS and MERS), and RSV with a strong focus on human, animal-/one health and outbreak/pandemic preparedness. Three student oral and poster presentation sessions and a daily student recap of the previous day ensured good student interactions.