SDG03A - Women's Health: Researching genital tract infections

By 2030 United Nations aims to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services. In our workshop we will study how certain bacteria may cause genital tract infections for women. Such genital tract infections may either be caused by an overgrowth of endogenous microorganisms normally found in the vagina (bacterial vaginosis) or introduced from the outside during sexual contact or contamination. The most common bacteria cause genital tract infections are: Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma hominis, Treponema pallidum, Haemophilus ducreyi and Gardnerella vaginalis. In our workshop we would like to explore new methods for diagnosis of such bacteria as well as their prevention and treatment. Based on this knowledge we would like to develop our own ideas of how this knowledge can be applied in practice and develop ideas which will then be presented and discussed on the final conference day. The workshop is open for students of all disciplines and especially relevant for students of medicine, pharmacology and natural sciences.