Third Southern African Conference on Equity in Health
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8 and 9 June, 2004
Durban, South Africa
Theme: "Reclaiming the State: Advancing People's Health, Chal-
lenging Injustice"
The conference will have plenary sessions and workshop/ parallel
sessions on:
* Challenges to Equity in Health in Southern Africa
* Equity in health sector responses to HIV and AIDS and treat-
ment access
* The basis for health: food security and nutrition and essen-
tial health inputs: water, energy, sanitation
* Human Rights as a tool to advance peoples health and health
equity
* Fair Financing in health systems
* Confronting challenges in Health personnel
* Strengthening community voice and agency in health systems
* Globalisation, trade and health challenges
* Alternative economic paths to social justice
* State, parliamentary and civil society struggles for health
* Research evidence, monitoring and research to policy links in
advancing health equity
The conference will:
1. Present, discuss and review work done and progress towards
equity in health in southern Africa post 2000
2. Present, debate and strengthen the analysis that informs
research, policy and practice towards health equity
3. Resolve on the challenges, policies and actions towards pro-
gress in equity in health in southern Africa
4. Review and give mandate to EQUINET, its goals, work and
organization
EQUINET invites delegates to the conference from civil society,
state and non state organisations, parliaments, regional and in-
ternational organisations and other institutions promoting and
working on equity in health in southern Africa. The conference
will report on the research, policy and advocacy work done by
EQUINET and by others in the region on different dimensions and
drivers of equity in health in southern Africa. It will offer an
opportunity to assess progress towards equity in health and to-
wards implementation of commitments made at the previous confer-
ences on equity in health. It will identify key areas to be fol-
lowed through in future research, policy intervention and pro-
gramme design at national and regional level.
EQUINET invites delegates who wish to present papers/posters
within the above areas to send in a form/e-mail with the follow-
ing information to <admin@equinetafrica.org>
with JUNE CONFERENCE in the subject line BY FEBRUARY 1 2004:
First and last name
Is the primary author a student?
E-mail address
Organization:
Co-author(s) First and last name(s)
Desired session:
Abstract (maximum 400 words)
Funding: Self Funded/ Partial Sponsorship Requested (*)/ Full
Sponsorship Requested. (* specify what is being requested)
The abstracts will be sent to the relevant workshop/ session
convenors and feedback will be given by end March 2004.
This is the third such conference in the region since 1997, fol-
lowing the Kasane meeting in 1997 (organized by University of
Botswana and Dag Hammerskold), and the South African meeting in
2001 (organised by EQUINET). The reports of these previous con-
ferences can be found on the EQUINET website
(http://www.equinetafrica.org).
The EQUINET conference on Equity in Health in Southern Africa
will be held back to back with the International Society for Eq-
uity in Health (ISeQH) conference June 10-12 2003, which Equinet
is co-hosting with the Global Equity Gauge Alliance (GEGA) and
Health Systems Trust (HST). We hope that delegates attending the
EQUINET conference will stay for the ISeQH conference (and vice
versa) and remind you that abstract submission and requests for
financial support for attending the ISeQH meeting closes in 20
December.
For further information, follow up queries, indications of in-
terest in attending the conference or suggestions, please con-
tact the EQUINET secretariat e-mail <admin@equinetafrica.org> .
Information on the conference will also be posted to our website
at http://www.equinetafrica.org
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