Equinet: Third Southern African Conference on Equity in Health,
06/04
EXTENDED BY REQUEST TO FEBRUARY 17TH
Reclaiming the State: Advancing Peoples Health, Challenging Injustice
EQUINET: Third Southern African Conference on Equity in Health
8 and 9 June, 2004
Durban, South Africa
The EQUINET southern African Conference on Equity in Health on
June 8 and 9 2004 at the Tropicana Hotel, Beachfront, Durban
South Africa will be held with theme
"RECLAIMING THE STATE: ADVANCING PEOPLE'S HEALTH, CHALLENGING
INJUSTICE".
EQUINET invites delegates who wish to present papers/posters to
send in a form/ email. THIS DATE HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY REQUEST TO
FEBRUARY 17th. The following information should be included and
the form / email sent to mailto:admin@equinetafrica.org or faxed
to +263-4-737-220 with JUNE CONFERENCE in the subject line:
First and last name
Is the primary author a student?
E-mail address
Organization and address:
Co-author(s) First and last name(s)
DESIRED SESSION:
ABSTRACT (MAXIMUM 400 WORDS)
FUNDING: SELF FUNDED/ PARTIAL SPONSORSHIP REQUESTED (*)/ FULL
SPONSORSHIP REQUESTED. (* specify what is being requested)
The abstracts will be sent to the relevant workshop/session convenors and feedback will
be given by end March 2004.
The conference will have plenary sessions and workshop/ parallel
sessions on:
- Challenges to Equity in Health in Southern Africa
- Equity in health sector responses to HIV and AIDS and treatment access
- The basis for health: food security and nutrition and essential health inputs:
water, energy, sanitation
- Human Rights as a tool to advance peoples health and health
equity
- Fair Financing in health systems
- Confronting challenges in Health personnel
- Strengthening community voice and agency in health systems
- Globalisation, trade and health challenges
- Alternative economic paths to social justice
- State, parliamentary and civil society struggles for health
- Research evidence, monitoring and research to policy links in
advancing health equity
Block bookings have been made for delegates at the Tropicana Hotel, the venue for the
conference
(see http://www.hotel.co.za/tropicana-hotel.html). The rates are
ZAR 429/night bed and breakfast single room and ZAR 329 per person bed and breakfast
sharing. Dinner is ZAR 95 per person. If
you would like as a self sponsored delegate to stay at the
Tropicana please notify us of this in your feedback. Please do
not notify the Tropicana directly at this stage. We will provide
in our reply email information on the steps you should take. If
you plan to stay at another hotel please do let us know.
For further information, follow up queries, indications of interest in attending the conference or suggestions, please contact the EQUINET secretariat mailto:admin@equinetafrica.org. Information on the conference will also be posted to our website
at http://www.equinetafrica.org
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.