THE ROLE OF ISHAM - HOW DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED-COUNTRIES CAN BENEFIT FROM IT

The international community of mycologists, ISHAM, is faced increasing ly with the needs and demands of supporting the development of organiz ational structures worldwide in the field of medical mycology. This go es beyond the classical objectives of a scientific association, namely organizing international congresses and publishing a journal. In the early part of the next century, this will become a major challenge to ISHAM. Symposia discussing this subject were presented at the 12(th) C ongress of ISHAM held in Adelaide, Australia, in 1994 [1,2]. This pape r outlines the reflections and discussions held by members of our Soci ety in 1997.