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April 30, 2010
Call for Abstracts: First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Location: Montreux, Switzerland
Conference dates: 16-19 November 2010
Submission deadline: 30 April 2010
The World Health Organization and partners will convene the inaugural global symposium on health systems research on 16-19 November 2010. Researchers, policy-makers, funders, and other stakeholders representing diverse constituencies will gather in Montreux, Switzerland to share evidence, identify significant knowledge gaps, and set a research agenda for health systems research that reflects the needs of low and middle-income countries. The Symposium is structured around two main streams:
Applications are now being accepted in Stream 1 for individual presentations or proposals for organized sessions. Submissions in Stream 2 should be for organized sessions only.
- Submissions in Stream 1 should be on research studies that are completed or ongoing, but the results should be available at the time of the symposium
- Only on-line submissions are accepted
- Only English language submissions will be considered
- The abstract word count should be 300 words or less for Stream 1 and 500 words or less for Stream 2
- Limited funding is available for applicants from low- and middle-income countries
- The Symposium Secretariat reserves the right to accept, reject or request modifications of any submission
Deadline for submissions is 30 April 2010
More information can be found at:
http://www.hsr-symposium.org/
http://www.hsr-symposium.org/index.php/registration
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/symposium_brochure.pdf
email:
healthsystemresearch@who.int
