Institute of Tropical Disease Universitas Airlangga held a Progress Report Meeting CRC-ERID In a collaboration between ITD Unair and Kobe University – Japan on Wednesday, October 5, 2022.

This activity was carried out in Enlightenment Room 2 Fl – Institute of Tropical Disease. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, this Progress Report Meeting was usually held once in three months. However, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, this activity had stopped for almost three years.

This activity was attended by Prof. Yasuko Mori, M.D., Ph.D., and Prof. Kazafumi Shimizu, Ph, D from Kobe University – Japan. The presentation of the progress report was carried out by representatives of the Dengue study group, Viral Diarrhea study group, Bacterial Gastroenteritis & Antimicrobial Resistance study groups, and the New Pathogens study group.

The Progress Report Meeting is one form of a series of collaborations between the Institute of Tropical Disease Unair and Kobe University – Japan, which has entered the 3rd term, with a period of 5 years per term. As a result, CRC-ERID has produced many achievements, such as reputable international journals, research grants from internal and external Ph.D. students, and supporting laboratory activities with adequate equipment.