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 International Federation for Tropical Medicine (IFTM) was first established in 1988 at the occasion of the 12^th International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTM) held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The President-Elect was Dr. Adetokunbo O. Lucas, and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the next 13^th ICTM Congress was Dr. Santasiri Sornmani.

[Congresses]

1953 - 5^th Congress  Turkey (Istanbul)

1958 - 6^th Congress  Portugal (Lisbon)

1983 - 11^th Congress   Canada (Calgary)

1988 - 12^th Congress   Netherlands (Amsterdam)

1992 - 13^th Congress   Thailand (Pattaya)

 (IFTM President: Dr. Adetokunbo O. Lucas, ICTM Organizer: Dr. Santasiri Sornmani)

1996 - 14^th Congress   Japan (Nagasaki)

(IFTM President: Dr. Scott B. Halstead, ICTM Organizer: Dr. Keizo Matsumoto)

2000 - 15^th Congress   Columbia (Cartagena)

(IFTM President: Dr. David A. Warrell, ICTM Organizer: Dr. Felipe Guhl)

2005 - 16^th Congress   France (Marseille)

(IFTM President: Dr. Sornchai Looareesuwan, ICTM Organizer: Dr. Pierre Ambroise-Thomas)

2008 - 17^th Congress   South Korea (Jeju)

(IFTM President: Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo, ICTM Organizer: Dr. Jong-Yil Chai)

2012 - 18^th Congress   Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) (to be held)

(IFTM President: Dr. Pierre Ambroise-Thomas, ICTM Organizers: Drs. Jose Rodrigues Coura & Claudio T. Daniel-Ribeiro)