Introduction: ECCC-IPACCMS-WFSICCM 2011 Annual Meeting Third Asia-Africa World Federation Societies Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Conference

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• Best Physicians Critical Care
• Best Nursing Critical Care Study
• Best Health Care Management Study
• Best Students Category (medical, nursing, allied health care study)
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On April 21-23, 2011, the ECCC Dubai 2011 hosted the Seventh Emirates Critical Care Conference, Thirds Asia-Africa World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) conference and the Seventh International Pan Arab Critical Care Congress. This year's theme “Critical care without boarders: towards a new era of collaboration” is a major step toward better partnership in an effort to improve the critical care medicine around the globe. Leaders from WFSICCM, ESICM, NCC, SCCM, EICS, and IPACCMS with representatives of 30 countries in the region participated in this successful event. In our forth consecutive year, the partnership of IPACCMS and WFSICCM grows in the field of education and research, especially in Asia and Africa. The 2011 awards were judged by an international panel consisting of Prof Phillip Dellinger (USA), Dr Christopher Farmer (USA), Dr Mohammad Bahzad (Kuwait), Dr Jean-Daniel Chiche (France), and Dr Imad Swaiss (Jordan). The following abstracts are authored by the winners of the IPACCMS/WFSICCM 2011 awards, a breakthrough for research in this part of the world:

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Best Physicians Critical Care 

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Best Nursing Critical Care Study 

Rufaidah Alaslamiah Award

Implementation and compliance to ventilator associated pneumonia prevention bundle in private hospital. Shibu B., Susan R., Milany S., and Nair S.

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Best Health Care Management Study 

Ibn Tilmeez Award

Effect of yoga in laughing for stroke survivors. Surajnarayan G. and Surajnarayan S.

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Best Students Category (medical, nursing, allied health care study) 

Alzahrawi Award

Computer keyboards and mice contamination at ICU in western region—Saudi Arabia. Yamani A., Shukri N, Hawsawi H., Baqatadah K., Garawi L., and Alenazi W.

On behalf of the IPACCMS board of directors, we like to thank Prof Phillip Lumb, Diane McIntee, and the rest of the staff in the Journal for their continuous support to IPACCMS and extraordinary work for the Journal of Critical Care.