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Fellows and Members of the FTM are entitled use the postnominal letters FFTM ACTM, AFFTM ACTM and MFTM ACTM, respectively. Honorary Fellows and Members of the College are entitled to use Hon. FFTM ACTM and Hon. MFTM ACTM, respectively. The various grades of people associated with
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Honorary Fellows of the organization include Emeritus Professor Robert Steffen. Notable Honorary Members of the Faculty include the South African Society of Travel Medicine. There is also a non-professional grade of Associate available to interested persons, which does not carry any
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Organisation Profile: The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2005; 3: 39-41.
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Organisation Profile: The Australasian Faculty of Travel Medicine. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2004; 2: 47-49.
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