Chilean Society of Infectious Diseases

The mission of the Chilean Infectious Diseases Society stipulated in article two of the original statutes of the Chilean Infectious Diseases Society is: "The Chilean Infectious Diseases Society fundamental objective scientific development of medical specialty designation, and compliance will undertake the following activities "Promote scientific studies on various aspects of this specialty.Organize Conferences, Meetings, Conferences and others in order to disseminate and update knowledge of Infectious Diseases.Encourage the improvement of teaching and research in the field of specialty. Facilitate meetings and exchange of knowledge between nationals and foreigners who develop activities related to Infectología professionals.Contribute to the dissemination of materials constituting the specialty and progress through various media, publishing magazines and / or publications.Advise on problems infectológicos institutions that request.Establish relations liaison with fellow foreign companies.In general perform all actions to better achieve the proposed goals. In 1996, the Chilean Infectious Diseases Society called the Chilean Society of Pediatrics, the Chilean Society of Allergy and Immunology and the Chilean Society of Epidemiology to nominate experts in vaccinology representatives to constitute the ICC. This committee became a necessity due to the explosive growth of new vaccines, many not included in the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), and against which queries different instances that must be answered consistently and supported by the rigor arise scientific.