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SUMMARY:COVID-19 and Multimorbidity: How to Deal with Multiple Infectious D
 iseases in Parallel?
DESCRIPTION: What happens when COVID-19 meets other infectious diseases suc
 h as HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria? This is a central question right now f
 or many people living in areas with high rates of infectious diseases, part
 icularly in middle- and low-income countries. However, the risk of facing m
 ultiple infectious diseases also affects people in high-income countries. T
 he current COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how fast infectious diseases 
 can spread around the world. Therefore, the awareness that people can suffe
 r from multiple infectious diseases at the same time and the treatment of t
 hese diseases is of global importance.\n\nMultimorbidity, the coexistence o
 f two or more health conditions, is a growing public health challenge. It r
 esults in complex disease patterns that may have multiplicative consequence
 s on health outcomes. This subject raises various questions related to the 
 COVID-19 pandemic: What happens to the human body when it is affected by se
 veral infectious diseases? How can multimorbidity be considered in the deve
 lopment and application of drugs and vaccines? How can scientists advise po
 litics and society on coping with the issue of COVID-19 and multimorbidity,
  and what can we learn from experiences made during the COVID-19 crisis?\n\
 nThese and other questions will be discussed during a virtual panel, organi
 zed by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), the Ethiopian Academ
 y of Sciences (EAS), the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, th
 e Senegal Academy of Science and Technology (ANSTS), and the UK Academy of 
 Medical Sciences (AMS). The renowned speakers have broad expertise in infec
 tious diseases research and they will analyse the topic scientifically and 
 from their country perspective.ASSAf, ANSTS, EAS, UK-AMS, and Leopoldina we
 lcome the following specialists:\n\nProfessor Wondwossen Amogne, College of
  Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, EthiopiaProfessor Peter Calverley
 , Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, UKProfe
 ssor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in 
 South Africa (CAPRISA), Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Durban, Sout
 h AfricaProfessor Stefan H. E. Kaufmann ML, Max Planck Institute for Infect
 ion Biology, Berlin, GermanyProfessor Papa Salif Sow, Member of the Senegal
  Academy of Science and Technology, Dakar, Senegal\n\nThe virtual live even
 t will be moderated by Vivian Upmann, Germany.\n\nThe virtual panel discuss
 ion is part of the Leopoldina’s International Virtual Panel Series. The fiv
 e academies originally planned an in-person workshop on infectious diseases
  in spring 2020 in Berlin, which has to be forwarded to a later date due to
  the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel bridges the gap with a virtual scientific
  dialogue on an urgent topic. The audience is very welcome to ask questions
  to the speakers during the event.\n\nWith this event, the Leopoldina conti
 nues its new virtual format for global scientific exchange: Leopoldina Inte
 rnational – a series of virtual panels organized by Leopoldina’s Internatio
 nal Relations Department in cooperation with its global partners. At regula
 r intervals, leading international experts present latest scientific findin
 gs. Leopoldina International offers a virtual room for the global scientifi
 c community to convene and for the public to engage in a dialogue with lead
 ing scientists.\n\nML - Member of the Leopoldina\n\nFurther Information and
  Registration\n\nThe event is addressed to the general public and will be h
 eld in English. Admission is free of charge. Registration to the Zoom-Event
  is closed.\n\nTime of the event: 5 pm CET / GMT+1\n\nContact\n\nDr. Jan Ni
 ssenSenior Officer, Department International RelationsTel. +49 (0)345 472 3
 9 834Email: jan.nissen@leopoldina.org\n\nLeopoldina International Virtual P
 anels\n\n Contact Tracing Apps (15 July 2020)\n\nMental Health in Times of 
 COVID-19 (28 September 2020)
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