THIRD NATIONAL SUMMIT OF HEALTH AND POPULATION SCIENTISTS IN NEPAL 10th-12th April, 2017
Health in Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal: Are We on Track?
The Nepal Health Research Council began to organize an annual summit since 2015 on its special day, the anniversary. The first event was organized on 11-12 April 2015, which appeared to be a grand success with an overwhelming response.
The 2017 Summit at a glance
Nepal Health Research Council is celebrating 26 glorious years of its establishment on 11th April, 2017. The Third National Summit of the Health and Population Scientists in Nepal will be held on 10th-12th April, 2017 as a part of the anniversary celebration of and as a continuation to its efforts to promote health and population researches and their use in Nepal. The theme for this year is ‘Health in Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal: Are We on Track?’ which aims to provide platform to the health and population scientists to uncover SDG related evidences in order to provide an insight into whether or not Nepal has initiated effort to meet the aspiration of the SDGs.
DATE : 11-12 APRIL, 2017
Location: Kathmandu Nepal
DATE : 11-12 APRIL, 2017
Location: Kathmandu Nepal
Objectives of the Summit:
- To bring health and population scientists together to promote evidence informed decision making process for the optimal health and well-being of Nepalese people
- To encourage health and population scientists and practitioners for responsible conduct of research on health and development
- To discourse upon evidences to develop insight and find out the way forward for initiating the efforts to meet the aspiration of the SDGs.
What’s new this year?
This year we have included 33 thematic areas for oral and poster presentation in the Summit in order to have diversity in the scientific sessions and cater a wide group of audience.
Who can Attend?
Scientists, researchers, universities/academia, policy makers, scholars, external development partners, public health professional, medical practitioners and students to share their work and innovation in the field of health.
Call for Abstract : Third National Summit of Health and Population Scientists
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 December 2016
Abstract Call
The Organizing Committee for Third National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal (2017) invites the submission of abstracts on following themes for consideration as an oral or poster presentation for the Summit.
Themes
- Health Care Delivery System (Health Services, including quality of care)
- Essential medical products including pharmaceutical products , pharmacovigilance and rational use of drugs
- Health Workforce (Human Resources for Health)
- Federalism and Health Governance
- Universal Health Coverage
- Health Policy, Management, Leadership, Governance (Stewardship) and policy evidence nexus
- Health Information technology in health service and research
- Equity and efficiency in health system
- Health Economics and Healthcare Financing
- Ayurveda & Other Traditional and Complementary Medicine
- Urban health
- Migrant health
- Rural health
- Health in altitude including mountain medicine (Physiological changes in different altitudes including mountain medicine)
- Non Communicable Diseases
- Mental Health and Substance abuse
- Geriatric health
- Neonatal and Child Health
- Maternal Health
- Sexual & Reproductive Health
- Gender Based Violence
- Adolescent health
- Contraception
- Population & Population dynamics (fertility, mortality and migration)
- Communicable Diseases (Infectious & Tropical Diseases including neglected tropical diseases)
- Zoonotic diseases (including snake bite)
- Nutrition, Food Safety and Security
- Environmental and Occupational Health (including climate change, indoor air pollution)
- Health sector response in disaster
- Emergency, Trauma and Critical care (including Injuries and Accidents)
- Disabilities
- Biomedical research (including anti-microbial resistance)
- Human Genetics (including thalassemia, sickle cell disorder, hemophilia, autism)