We have opened a new call for ESCMID Local Champions who act as society advocates within their countries and benefit from certain privileges. You can see the list of countries who already have a champion and if your country isn’t there, be sure to apply!

Science & Research

The second part of our World AMR Awareness Week webinar series takes place this Thursday at 16:00 CET. The programme focuses on the specific challenges for high-risk patient populations such as neonates, transplant recipients and ICU patients in relation to antimicrobial stewardship.

Are you a trainee or young scientist in CM/ID wondering what your next career step should be? Join the TAE Virtual Round Tables next week on 10 November and meet experts who once stood at the very same crossroads. Registration is still open but seats are limited.

Education

The preliminary programme for ESCMID Summer School 2027 is now published on the website, and you can apply for an attendance grant starting today until 30 November.

Registration officially opens on 04 January 2027, and we look forward to welcoming you to Zagreb, Croatia from 27 June – 03 July 2027!

This introductory to intermediate course is designed to give clinicians, trainees and researchers hands-on experience in designing, running and analysing clinical trials, the gold standard for generating high-quality clinical evidence in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology.

Congress & Events

Explore machine learning in infectious diseases at ESCMID Global 2027! Join this popular full-day workshop with sessions on 09 and 13 April for an introduction to data science and machine learning. No prior programming experience is required! Learn more and sign-up when registering for the congress.

It’s been a month since we said good-bye to GAMRIC 2026 and the official conference write-up has been published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) The report is open-access so you can see what was covered and key outputs even if you didn’t attend in person. Attendees can also replay all sessions in ESCMID Media now using their ESCMID accounts.

Guidelines & Journals

ESCMID is inviting applications from interested experts to contribute to the development of five new clinical guidelines projects. Learn more about the projects, responsibilities and process on our website. The deadline to apply is 10 November.

Ahead of World AMR Awareness Week, Communicable presents a special episode exploring the role of diagnostics within the space of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Hosts Thomas Tängdén and Annie Joseph are joined by experts Betsy Wonderly Trainor of CARB-X and Marc Mendelson of Groote Schuur Hospital to discuss how diagnostics can help address the AMR crisis by guiding targeted treatment and reducing unnecessary antibiotic use.

Ebola virus disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus continues to expand in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has now passed 10,000 confirmed cases and 4,992 deaths, with exported cases in Kenya and Nigeria. Czechia is experiencing an unprecedented surge in Lyme borreliosis, recording 12,711 cases by late October. Meanwhile, Peru has reported 13,962 leptospirosis cases and 50 deaths, exacerbated by El Niño-related flooding. In Venezuela, yellow fever has prompted mandatory vaccination for travellers to four states. In Australia, the geographic range of Buruli ulcer has expanded, with 294 cases notified this year. Other notable events include a nationwide increase in rabies exposures and six human deaths in the United States, and 1,488 cholera cases with 29 deaths in Zambia.

Rethinking preparedness for emerging infectious threats: the ESCMID Emerging Infections Subcommittee perspective

Duration of therapy for bacteremic cardiac implantable electronic device infections