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Conference "Building Alliances for Equity in Health"
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE "BUILDING ALLIANCES FOR EQUITY IN
HEALTH"
September 13-15, 2000
Alpha Conference Centre,
Midrand, South Africa
Convened by the Regional Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa
EQUINET
The Southern African network on Equity in Health - EQUINET - is a net-
work of institutions in Southern Africa who aim to develop and widen
the conceptual understanding of equity in health; gather and analyse
information and carry out research to support scientific debates and
policy decisions on equity in health in Southern Africa; engage stake-
holders in the health sector from regional to community level and in-
fluence policies and agendas on health at national and regional level
in Southern Africa, including at Southern African Development Community
(SADC) level. EQUINET has since the 1997 Regional meeting on Equity in
Health in Kasane, Botswana carried out a programme of research and
documentation to support this agenda (see: http://www.equinet.org.zw)
In September 13-15, 2000 EQUINET will be holding a Regional Conference
on Equity in Health outside Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference
will gather people from research institutions, health policy makers and
planners, health system managers, consumer groups and health profes-
sional groups under the theme "Building Alliances for Equity in
Health".
The major theme areas for the conference will be:
* The status of equity in health in Southern Africa
* Macroeconomic policy and health
* Monitoring equity in health and triggers for planning
* Equity in resource allocation for health
* Equity in health service issues (human resources, private public sub-
sidies, core services etc)
* Governance and participation in health systems
* AIDS and equity
* Building alliances for Equity in Health
The conference will include a mix of presentations on work and findings
on equity in health in southern Africa, and interactive discussion on
issues, policy and implementation proposals and research areas and
methods arising. The working language of the conference will be Eng-
lish.
The conference aims also to outline future areas of work on equity in
health in southern Africa and propose institutional mechanisms for tak-
ing forward this work in Southern African, including through EQUINET.
It also aims, through links with policy makers, media and internet to
build an increased policy and public profile for equity in health in
Southern Africa.
Invitation to participate
EQUINET invites interested organisations and individuals from govern-
ment, non-government, community based, professional association, re-
search, regional and international institutions to participate in the
conference.
Participants who wish to participate in the conference are asked to
send in to the conference secretariat by March 15 the following infor-
mation:
* Title, family and first names, nationality, institutions and contact
address, including phone, fax and email, description of the organisa-
tion/ institution, theme area of interest, and whether financial spon-
sorship is being requested.
* Participants who wish to present a paper in the meeting are asked to
send the above information together with the title and authors of their
paper and a 500 word abstract. Feedback on acceptance of papers will be
given by May 10, 2000.
There will be limited sponsorship of delegates to the meeting, and re-
quests for sponsorship should be indicated in the response to the se-
cretariat. Self sponsored delegates will be asked to meet accommoda-
tion, board and conference costs of ZAR 700 (about US$ 120) per day and
their transport costs to the conference centre. The conference regis-
tration fee to cover documentation and reports will be US$ 50.
Responses to the above call should be sent to the EQUINET secretariat,
at:
TARSC
47 Van Praagh Avenue
Milton Park
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-708-835 / 705-108
Fax: +263-4-737-220
mailto:[email protected]
Further programme and logistic information will be provided in the sec-
ond announcement. In the interim please direct any queries to the con-
ference secretariat.
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Samer Jabbour, MD, MPH
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
PO Box 11-236
Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961-1-350-000 x 4648 or 4640
Fax: +961-1-744-470
mailto:[email protected]
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