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VACCINE CLINIC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This travel medicine centre welcomes travellers before and after their journeys (vaccinations, prevention advice, and screening for tropical diseases)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Hospital Division<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>INPATIENT DIVISION \u2013 <em>Porte de Hal Site<\/em><br \/>The inpatient division consists of two acute care wards, 15 beds each, equipped with isolation facilities for contagious diseases and supported by a multidisciplinary team, and a long-stay ward, 10 beds, dedicated to patients with tuberculosis (Dersheid Unit).<\/p>\n<p><span>HOSPITAL ANTIBIOTIC MANAGEMENT UNIT \u2013 <em>Porte de Hal and Alexiens sites<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES \u2013 <em>Porte de Hal site<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Teaching<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">TEACHING AND TRAINING<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Including supervision of doctors in training (internal medicine, infectious diseases, general practise)<\/li>\n<li>Including clinical training for medical students<\/li>\n<li>Including a continuing professional development programme on HIV infection<\/li>\n<li>Including the Infectious Diseases Glem<\/li>\n<li>Including hosting international doctors as observers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Department Secretariat can be contacted on 02 535 41 30<\/strong> Please note: the secretariat does not provide medical information to patients. <\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:heading --><!-- \/divi:paragraph -->[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; 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