Health events and announcements
Conference: 6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, ‘Equity, Human Rights and Access to Care’, 6-10 September, Verona, Italy
Dates: 06 September 2009 - 10 September 2009
The central focus of this conference, organised by the Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH), will be on its main theme: Equity, Human Rights and Access to Care. This event aims to deal with the classical aspects of tropical medicine including basic science, diagnostic/therapeutics and disease control, and will include an emphasis on transferability of research results into actual practice.
Discussions will also address the North-South gap in health research, in all main aspects: space devoted to global health in medical journals; role of researchers from the South in relevant publications; share of research which is actually devoted to priority areas; important gaps that remain to be filled in research in tropical medicine and international health; difficulties in financing health system research.
The 6 main conference tracks include:
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Public Health, Human Rights and Access to Care
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Malaria
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HIV and TB
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Neglected Diseases, Clinical Tropical Medicine, Other Tropical Diseases
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Child and Reproductive Health
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Alert / Preparedness
Standard registration fees of 450 Euros will apply until 7 Aug 2009. There are concessions for students and members of FESTMIH.
All registrations must be submitted through the conference website. Please use the full details link to be redirected.
