The Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET) is a multidisciplinary scientific society founded in 1984. Its aim is to promote research and activities in communities living in most deprived areas of the tropics and subtropics, and in general in those most exposed to risk of diseases linked to poor living and working conditions and/or climatic and environmental determinants.
It is focused on:
- Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases with intercultural approach and respect for each individual's specificities
- Promotion of human, animal and environmental health (One Health approach)
- Study of socio-economic and environmental determinants related to health, migration flows and imported infections
- National and international scientific and technical cooperation to support individual and community health
- Health education and information in Italy and abroad for health staff, workers, and the community in general
