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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 2018
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World Digestive Health Day in Venezuela
Gisela Romero, MD
WDHD 2018 Coordinator
University of Zulia
Edgardo Mengual, MD
University of Zulia
The Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Zulia (LUZ) in Maracaibo,
Venezuela organized the World
Digestive Health Day campaign
whose central theme was Hepatitis B
and C. This was coordinated through
the Continuing Education Program
(PEC) connected to the Division of
Graduate Studies and the Department
of Gastroenterology at University
Hospital (HUM). Since 2007, Venezuela
has participated in this annual
activity created by the World Gastroenterology
Organisation in order
to give answers to problems of great
global interest and impact.
For this event we undertook actions
and activities from 28 to 31 May
2018. It is noteworthy that we had
the support of journalists from radio,
television and print media, including
interviews on the Educational Television
of the University of Zulia, as well
as by social media networks.
On Monday 28 May we held a
discussion about transmission mechanisms
and prevention directed to sixty
medical specialists and post-graduate
residents of the school of Internal
Medicine of the HUM.
On 29 May 2018 we held a scientific
working day to celebrate World
Digestive Health Day in the Dr.
Ludovic Auditorium of the Faculty of
Medicine. This consisted of a Forum
about Hepatitis B and a Symposium
on Hepatitis C. It began with a total
of 160 participants including under-
graduate and graduate students of
Internal Medicine and Surgery, the
Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty
of Internal Medicine Specialists,
Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
The expert panel consisted of these
professors:
-- Dr. Soledad Briceño, Coordinator
of Postgraduate Internal Medicine
-- Dr. Miriam Sotolongo, Head of
the Immunology Service of the
Chiquinquirá Hospital
-- Dr. Edgardo Mengual, Gastroenterologist,
Hepatologist and
Researcher of LUZ
-- Dr. Gisela Romero, Gastroenterologist,
Hepatologist, Coordinator
of the PEC and of the WDHD
2018 celebration.
Since 2007, Venezuela has
participated in this annual
activity created by the
World Gastroenterology
Organisation…
The audience participated
very actively in formulating
questions and proposing
recommendations.
Hepatitis B panel with Drs. Soledad Briceño,
Miriam Sotolongo, Edgardo Mengual and
Gisela Romero
WDHD forum attendees
Dr. Gisela Romero leads the discussion