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A recognized international yearly event The XXIst Journ�es nationales de Biologie (JNBC) were held in Tunisia last May under the joint auspices of the Tunisian Society of Clinical Biology (STBC), the Arabic Federation for Clinical Biology (AFCB), the French Society of Clinical Biology (SFBC) and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC). The congress took place at the Royal Hotel in the city of Hammamet, a Tunisian city known for its great weather and famous tourist activities.
It is a great opportunity for the IFCC CPD to highlight the great work of the organising committee and of our Tunisian friends Professors A. Hedhili, S. Besbes, N. Gharbi, F. Khemiri,, A. Bouslema, C. Ben Rayana, N. Ben Romdhane, M.H. Ben Aribia and W. Khrouf. Indeed they have build an excellent scientific program covering the whole range of laboratory medicine (Nanotechnologies, tuberculosis, quality management, molecular diagnosis, iron metabolism�) with the participation of recognized international speakers. With more than five hundred attendees, the quality of the JNBC is widely recognized and this meeting take part of the restricted club of the yearly successful meetings.
The International French speaking Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
The foundation of the International French Speaking Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine was another that occurred at the JNBC, under the protective auspices of the STBC. The happy parents are Algeria, France, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. The president of this new Federation is the French Professor Alain Legrand, from the C.H.U de Bic�tre. The executive board of the society is constituted by two vice presidents, Professor A. Hedhili (Tunisia) and Professor S. Belazzoug (Algeria), one general secretary, Profesor H. Elalamy (Morocco), one general secretary assistant, Dr. B. Gouget (France), one Treasurer, Dr. F. Hobeiche (Lebanon) and four members, Pr. L. Chabraoui (Morocco), Dr. N. Gharbi (Tunisia), Dr. H. Ould Ouis (Algeria) and Dr. M.A. Zabltih (Lebanon). This new federation will be a great relay for IFCC and will surely offer great perspectives for interactions with French speaking countries. Moreover, this new federation will contribute to the promotion of Laboratory Medicine and IFCC actions to the French speaking countries and will encourage exchanges at international level. So, we would like to wish good luck to this new Federation and a lot of success for the different planned tasks.
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