Les Actualités du Pharo - SFMTSI Autumn Scientific Meeting 2026
The next edition of Les Actualités du Pharo will take place in Marseille from 7 to 9 October 2026.
Event Overview
The next edition of Les Actualités du Pharo will take place in Marseille from 7 to 9 October 2026. This 31st edition is jointly organised by the Groupe d’Intervention en Santé Publique et Épidémiologie (GISPE) and the Société Francophone de Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale (SFMTSI).
Each year, in addition to invited lectures addressing the annual themes, the conference offers the opportunity to present free oral or poster communications, selected by the Scientific Committee. Submissions may relate either to the conference themes or to any topic in tropical medicine or international health.
In addition, the College of Academic Teachers in Infectious and Tropical Medicine will organise a symposium highlighting the key scientific updates of the year in tropical health.
Several awards for theses and fieldwork will be presented. Over the two and a half days of the meeting, a poster session will facilitate exchanges with professionals from research institutions, healthcare facilities, and non-governmental organisations.
The 2026 edition will focus on two central themes:
- Malaria control: why is it so difficult?
- Treatment of neglected tropical diseases
Deadlines for submission of communications and for submission of applications for thesis prizes:
Oral or poster communication Malaria control: why is it so difficult? or Treatment of neglected tropical diseases or on any subject of international health and tropical medicine. Submission deadline 25 April 2026.
Francophone Universities Thesis Prize (1,500€). Professional doctoral thesis in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry or veterinary medicine dealing with a topic of tropical medicine awarded by the GISPE eligibility: thesis defended in 2025. Submission deadline 25 April 2026.
Fieldwork Prize in human health (500 €) master’s thesis or intervention project carried out to completion awarded by the GISPE eligibility: thesis presented in 2025 or work carried out in 2025. Submission deadline 25 April 2026.
Thesis prize awarded by the Société Francophone de Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale (1,500€). Professional doctoral thesis in medicine or pharmacy written in French dealing with a topic of tropical medicine and defended in 2025 or in the first half of 2026. Submission deadline 30 June 2026.
Additional Information
The book of abstracts from the 2025 edition is available online.
The final programme will be published in June 2026.
A preliminary programme is available.
Registration Fees
€170 standard registration
€50 for students under 30 years of age
Participation in the webinar is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.
Contact
Registration: [email protected]
Abstract submission: [email protected]
General information: [email protected]
