African Conference for Health Research for Development
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Health Research for Development: Promoting an African Perspective for
the New Millenium
Concerns - Issues - Approaches
19-23 September, 1999
Harare, Zimbabwe
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
- To identify the priority health issues in Africa and how they
relate to a global health research agenda.
- To develop more effective health research partnerships in the
Africa Region with WHO/AFRO and other agencies.
- To identify essential resources to support health research for
development.
- To consider the role of Essential National Health Research in
Development and Community Participation at country level.
- To explore recent developments in health, research for development
and
- To consider the impact of the changes in health care brought about
by health system reforms.
To meet these objectives, the programme will include
- Invited plenary speakers
- Submitted paper presentations
- Poster presentations
CONFERENCE FORMAT
The Conference is designed to maximise opportunities for interaction
among participants around the objectives. Whenever possible presenta-
tions will be organised into sessions with common themes to enhance
discussion. Dedicated time will be given to both oral and poster
presentations within the schedule.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Abstracts are sought for presentations, which address the conference
themes, and will be selected by the Scientific Advisory committee for
poster or oral presentation. Submitters may indicate their prefer-
ence, but final decisions regarding acceptance of abstracts and of
the presentation format will be made by the Program Planning Commit-
tee.
Poster Session Presentations
Presenters will display their work graphically. Posters will be on
display all day, but presenters must be available to discuss their
work and answer questions during specified times. Detailed guidelines
will be provided after the poster is accepted.
Note: all presenters are required to cover their own expenses to at-
tend the conference, and to pay the registration fee
Abstracts may be in English or French. The entire abstract, including
all submissions must be received by 1 July 1999. Faxes and e-mails
are acceptable.
The abstract form can be downloaded from the conference WEB page:
http://users.harare.iafrica.com/~gtz-hsr/hrd.htm
as a Rich Text Format (RTF) file (22 kB).
Abstracts should be sent to:
Dr Stephen Chandiwana
Blair Research Institute
Josiah Tongogara Avenue
P O Box CY573, Causeway
Harare / Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-703-525/739-559
Fax: +263-4-792-480
mailto:chigorimbo@blair.co.zw
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