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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.

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.

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

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.