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The Third Public Health Association of South Africa Conference: Making the Health System Work

2006-05-16 to 2006-05-17

PHASA is pleased to announce that the Third National Conference will be held from the 15th - 17th May 2006 in Gauteng. The conference will be co-hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Gauteng Department of Health and Health Systems Trust. This conference brings together public health professionals working in all disciplines to share research findings on issues pertinent to population health in South Africa and the region.

Pre conference workshops 15 May 2006
Eskom Convention Centre in Midrand, Gauteng

The theme of the Conference is Making Health Systems Work focusing on:
- decreasing the burden of disease and
- increasing equity, effectiveness and efficiency.

Abstracts are invited from anyone working towards improving population health through community, health service and health systems interventions and people working at the policy level.

Abstracts under the theme of the burden of disease include such issues as environmental health, occupational health, communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. This theme will present papers on disease burden, changing patterns of disease, the consequences of disease burden both social and clinical, the causes of disease burden again both social and clinical, violence against women, etc.

The closing date for submission of abstracts is 15 March 2006.

Under the theme Equity Efficiency and Effectiveness, we welcome abstracts addressing health systems research, health information systems, policy implementation, accountability, stewardship, research on equity and health and human rights. We specifically welcome abstracts that address the issue of human resources for health.

Workshops

A number of workshops will be held on the day prior to the conference.
Pre-registration is essential. Delegates can register for one of the following workshops:
- Outbreak investigation
- Behaviour risk factor research methods (Second generation research)
- Confounding and effect modification
- Advocacy
- A public health approach in health service management
- Public Health graduate alumni workshop

Sponsorship has been received from the International Epidemiological Association, Colgate-Palmolive and Pepfar.


Read more at: http://www.wits.ac.za/phasa
 

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