The Institute of Tropical Medicine ( nl, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, ITG; french: Institut de médecine tropicale, or IMT), officially known as Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, is one of the world's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine and the organisation of health care in developing countries. Located in

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, Belgium, the ITM also delivers outpatient, clinical and preventive services in tropical pathologies and sexually-transmitted diseases.

Research

The ITM has a strong reputation in biomedical, clinical and public health research, advanced education, travel medicine and care for HIV and sexually-transmitted diseases as well as capacity-building in developing countries.

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and his colleagues at the institute were the first to demonstrate that

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was a tropical African disease. ITM has been recognized by the

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as a reference centre for AIDS research. ITM also is a national and international reference centre for a series of diseases and pathogens (such as the

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virus).

Academics

At ITM, about 450 scientists and technicians do research on pathogens, patients and populations. Yearly, an average of 500 medical doctors, nurses and scientists follow advanced courses. About 120 young researchers are completing their

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. Each year, the medical services handle around 35,000 consultations. ITM also carries out an extensive capacity strengthening program in developing countries, and is part of a large network of institutions in Africa, South America and Asia.

Departments

* Department of Biomedical Sciences * Department of Clinical Sciences * Department of Public Health

References

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Institute of Tropical Medicine
{{authority control Medical research institutes in Belgium Tropical medicine organizations Medical and health organisations based in Belgium Organisations based in Belgium with royal patronage Antwerp Virology institutes

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