3 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 2018
Contents
Train the Trainers Advanced Workshop in Portugal 25
Guilherme Macedo, MD, PhD, FASGE, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD
Helena Tavares de Sousa, MD, FEBGH, Portugal
Anca Trifan, MD, PhD, FRCP(London), FEBGH, Romania
Wojciech Marlicz MD, PhD, FACG, Department of Gastroenterology,
Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2017 28
Justin C. Y. Wu, MBChB, MD, FRCP (Lond, Edin), FHKAM, FHKCP,
AGAF
Celebrating 25 Years of UEG Week 30
World Hepatitis Day 2018 33
Cihan Yurdaydin, MD
Naima Amrani, MD
Saeed Hamid, MD
The 17th Iranian Congress of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology (ICGH 2017) 37
Akram Pourshams, MD
“Astana-Gastro 2017” Forum with International
participation in Kazakhstan 38
Reflections from Rwanda Endoscopy Week 2017 39
Cristina Rutherford, MD
Shikama Felicien, MD
Saudi Digestive Disease Forum 41
WGO Exhibits Around the Globe in 2018 42
WGO Global Guidelines
WGO Guidelines News 43
Calendar of Events
Calendar of Events 45
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