E-drug: Registration announcement ICIUM 2004
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Registration for ICIUM 2004 Is Now Available
You can now apply for registration via the ICIUM 2004 Web site
(www.icium.org).
If you cannot access the Web site, you can request an application
form by sending an e-mail to icium@msh.org, You are strongly
encouraged to do this as soon as possible, as spaces are limited and
applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Preference will be given to those applicants who present accepted
abstracts and to key policy makers from developing countries.
If you have submitted an Expression of Interest you still need to apply
for registration, but the process is simplified as the information
previously entered is already in the database.
Summary of Conference Structure
Since the milestone ICIUM 1997, the field of international health has
experienced substantial advances and encountered tough new
challenges. ICIUM 2004 seeks (1) to build an international consensus
on effective and innovative interventions for improving medicine use;
(2) to share experiences on implementation and scaling up; and (3) to
define a new global research agenda relevant to current conditions
and unfolding developments in international health.
The products of ICIUM 2004 will include
- A review of past and current initiatives to improve medicine use
- An expert consensus on which interventions are successful in
various settings
- A defined, prioritized global research agenda to fill identified gaps
in our knowledge of what works and what impedes our mission
- The carrying out of this research agenda and the dissemination of
its findings
The primary focus of ICIUM 2004 will be cost-effective interventions
to improve the use of medicines. This time the program will be
organized into several concurrent topic tracks, including-
1. Malaria
2. Tuberculosis
3. HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health
4. Child health
5. Chronic diseases including mental health
6. Antimicrobial resistance
7. Impact of access on use
8. Other issues, such as methodology, injection use, complementary
and alternative medicine
Participants with similar interests in a topic track will form a "meeting
within a meeting" as they explore the conference focal areas.
These topic tracks will be explored in a sequence of six half day
sessions highlighting specific focal areas
1. International policies and systems
2. National policies, systems, and programs
3. Hospitals and inpatient care
4. Primary care and health providers
5. Primary care and the community
6. Special topics
A one-hour plenary session will open the exploration of each focal
area. Participants will then break into groups of 30-80 persons across
the eight or nine topic tracks.
Registration Process
The registration form will ask the following-
1. Your name, institutional affiliation, and country you are coming
from and ways to reach you by mail, phone, fax, and e-mail,
including your preferred form of contact
2. Your primary and secondary topic tracks of interest
3. Whether you plan to submit an abstract, and if so, to which focal
area and topic track it would be relevant
4. Your purpose for attending
5. Source of funding: whether self-funded, fully or partially funded by
sponsor, name of potential funder, or no source of funding
identified to date
The registration fee for ICIUM 2004 is USD 375.00. The hotel room
rate is USD 60 per night for a single room or USD 35 each for a
shared room.
We look forward to seeing you at ICIUM 2004.
John Chalker
International Network for Rational Use of Drugs
Management Sciences for Health
e-mail: jchalker@msh.org
Note: The information you provide will be accessible only to
conference organizers and will be used only to plan ICIUM 2004.
ICIUM 2004 is supported by:
- International Network for Rational Use of Drugs
- Department of Essentials Drugs and Medicines Policy, World Health
Organization
- Center for International Health, Boston University School of Public
Health
- Department of Ambulatory Care & Prevention, Harvard Medical
School
- RPM Plus and SEAM Programs, Management Sciences for Health
- Thai Network for Rational Use of Drugs
- U.S. Agency for International Development under Cooperative
Agreement HRN-A-00-00-00016-00.
Access the current issue of the Essential Drugs Monitor No.32 at
http://www.who.int/medicines/mon/mon32.shtml
Access archives of past EDM issues at
http://www.who.int/medicines/information/infmonitor.shtml
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