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| Asociación Mexicana de Infectología | |
|---|---|
| Name | Asociación Mexicana de Infectología |
| Abbreviation | AMI |
| Formation | 20th century |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
| Region served | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Asociación Mexicana de Infectología is a Mexican professional association for specialists in infectious diseases that engages clinicians, researchers, educators, and public health practitioners across Mexico. It interfaces with academic hospitals, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, and national health authorities to shape clinical practice and policy on infections, antimicrobial resistance, and emerging pathogens. The association connects members working in tertiary centers such as Hospital General de México and research institutes like Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias while liaising with international bodies including World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, and International Society for Infectious Diseases.
The association emerged amid postwar developments in medical specialization, paralleling formations such as American Society for Microbiology, Royal College of Physicians, and Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Early founders included clinicians trained at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, and European centers like Hôpital Saint-Louis and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Milestones tracked national responses to outbreaks such as the H1N1 pandemic and public health events connected to institutions like Secretaría de Salud and Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades. Over decades the association aligned with postgraduate programs at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and specialty training linked to Consejo Mexicano de Certificación en Infectología.
The association advances standards consistent with societies including Infectious Diseases Society of America, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and Latin American Society for Infectious Diseases. Objectives prioritize guidelines for antimicrobial stewardship endorsed by agencies like Food and Drug Administration (in comparative contexts), surveillance collaborations with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and capacity-building for clinicians from institutions such as Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Hospital Universitario La Paz. Strategic aims include education in partnership with universities like Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and policy input to ministries similar to Ministry of Health (Mexico) analogues.
Governance mirrors structures used by American College of Physicians and Royal College of Pathologists, with an elected board, committees for research, education, and ethics, and regional chapters connected to state medical associations such as Colegio de Médicos de Jalisco and Colegio Médico de Nuevo León. Executive roles echo positions in organizations like Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde for operational coordination. Committees coordinate with laboratories at Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos and teaching hospitals including Hospital Juárez de México.
Membership encompasses physicians certified through bodies such as Consejo Mexicano de Certificación en Infectología and trainees from programs at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and Universidad de Guadalajara. The association offers fellowship recognition analogous to Royal Australasian College of Physicians pathways and collaborates on credentialing standards with organizations like Federación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina. Membership categories include attending physicians from Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, researchers from Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, and allied professionals affiliated with entities like Cruz Roja Mexicana.
Activities comprise national congresses, continuing medical education, workshops on antimicrobial stewardship, and outbreak response training aligned with protocols from World Organisation for Animal Health and Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. Annual meetings feature speakers from institutions including Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School, and University of Oxford, and focus sessions on pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus, and SARS-CoV-2. Programs support field epidemiology initiatives similar to Field Epidemiology Training Program models and collaborative projects with Instituto Nacional de Perinatología for maternal–neonatal infection prevention.
The association disseminates clinical guidelines, consensus statements, and position papers modeled after publications by The Lancet Infectious Diseases, New England Journal of Medicine, and Clinical Infectious Diseases. Documents provide recommendations for management of infections like HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and invasive aspergillosis, referencing diagnostic standards from Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. It publishes proceedings of congresses and clinical updates comparable to journals from Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and distributes educational materials to hospitals including Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI.
The association collaborates with national and international partners including Secretaría de Salud, Organización Panamericana de la Salud, México City Health Secretariat, academic partners such as Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, and NGOs like Fundación Mexicana para la Salud. Advocacy efforts address antimicrobial resistance echoing campaigns by ReAct, promote vaccination strategies aligned with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and contribute expertise during health crises paralleling roles of Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. Through networks with regional societies such as Sociedad Boliviana de Infectología, Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia, and Asociación Colombiana de Infectología, the association influences policy, research funding, and clinical practice across Latin America.
Category:Medical associations based in Mexico Category:Infectious disease organizations