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The constitution of the International Federation for Tropical Medicine (IFTM) took place in 1988, with the support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the representatives of the ten major National Tropical Medicine Societies, during the 12th International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTMM) held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

In the plenary of the Federated National Societies, held during the XVII ICTMM in October of 2008 in Jeju – South Korea, the IFTM board sanctioned the appointment of the City of Rio de Janeiro to house the XVIII Congress in 2012, year in which the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine will celebrate its 50th birthday and will hold itsXLVIII annual Congress.

The theme of the Congress: “Neglected Tropical Diseases” is adequate for a Country that holds such a varied biome and the largest tropical forest of the world. The Amazon Region covers 40% of South America's and 5% of the world's surface, with 61% of its territory inside Brazil. It has the largest hydrographic net on earth, covering 20% of the world’s fresh water reserves and sheltering the largest number of life forms on earth. As a consequence of having the largest biodiversity of this Planet, several tropical diseases threaten the population and are the object of concerns and researches.

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