Welcome
Welcome to the Rotterdam Center for Tropical Medicine (RoCTM). The Center was established in 2011 and aims to contribute to Tropical Medicine in general with its own particular emphasis and expertise.
The RoCTM promotes development in Tropical Medicine through education and research.
The Center has a unique position in the Netherlands and offers 35 years of experience in medical and nursing care and research in a tropical environment, both in the field as in a (academic and district) hospital setting.
Through this website the RoCTM aims to be fully transparent in all its activities thus contributing to a better understanding among the general public in Tropical Medicine and the potential impact of education and research.
Ed E Zijlstra, MSc PhD FRCP FRCPath
Internist, epidemiologist
(Specialized in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine)
Professor of Medicine, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
Director RoCTM
Helma WC Hofland, RN SCRN MScN
Nurse scientist / burncare in Africa
(Specialized in Pediatrics, Intensive care, Wound care – in particular Burn injuries)
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DTM&H Course, Bernard Nocht Institute, Hamburg, 16 April 2026
Presentations will be made on
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL, kala-azar) and Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL):
epidemiology, entomology, clinical features, pathophys