Webinars cycle Pre-WorldLeish7
We invite you to connect with the cycle of preparatory webinars for WorldLeish7 in 2022.
Every two months, we will host a distinguished speaker who will present an important topic on leishmaniasis.
You can participate for free!
Each webinar includes 20 – 25 minutes of presentation and 5 minutes of questions.
We welcome you!

«Leishmaniasis in Africa: Challenges and the way forward»
Apri 26th, 2022
7:00 a.m. Bogotá
2:00 p.m. Madrid
3:00 p.m. Nairobi
«Leishmania Extracellular Vesicles«
December 6th, 2021
8:00 a.m. Bogotá
9:00 a.m. Montreal
4:30 p.m. Tehran
«Species diversity or diversity of names? Patterns hidden behind Leishmania taxonomy»
Septembre 13th, 2021
9:00 a.m. Bogotá
11:00 a.m. São Paulo
4:00 p.m. Madrid
«Moulding leishmanial diversity – Time and Source of infection»
July 7th, 2021
9:00 a.m. Bogotá
11:00 a.m. São Paulo
4:00 p.m. Madrid
Koert Ritmeijer, MSc, MPH, PhD
Coordinator Neglected Tropical Diseases
Medical Department
Médecins Sans Frontières
«Leishmaniasis and conflict»
April 12th, 2021
14:00h Amsterdam Time (CEST) – 07:00h Colombia Time
Dr Daniel Argaw Dagne
Unit Head, Prevention, Treatment and Care
Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO
“The NTD roadmap 2030 and its implication on leishmaniasis control and elimination programmes”
February 3rd, 2021
16:00 h – Geneva (CET)time
Shyam Sundar
Institute of Medical Sciences
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
“Challenges for the Elimination of Kala-azar in the India subcontinent”
November 16th 2020
20:30 p.m – New Delhi time
17:00 p.m – Geneva time
10:00 a.m – Bogotá time
Peter Hotez
“The NTDs meet COVID19”
September 21st 2020
8:00 a.m
Houston, Texas time (CST)