12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH)
The Centre for International Health (CIH) at the University of Bergen (UiB) is proud to host the 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) from Bergen, Norway. The conference will be held from the 28th of September to the 1st of October 2021.
ECTMIH will focus on global challenges in health, migration and equity. UNHCR reports the highest levels of displacement on record, with an unprecedented 70,8 million people around the world who have been forced from home. Furthermore, the top five killers of displaced children under the age of five are malaria, malnutrition, measles, diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections. We hope that your contributions to the conference shed light on the issues displaced people face.
On Friday 1st of October it will be celebrated the Young Investigators Day an opportunity to build on your skills or learn new ones with Writing sessions for groups, Presentation skills, Grant writing,…
Aim:
- The main objective of ECTMIH 2021 is to explore global challenges in health, migration and equity.
- To provide an arena for scientists, experts, policy makers and practitioners to share research, ideas, developments and breakthroughs in the field of global health.
- Through plenaries, scientific sessions, workshops, and symposium this year’s conference will focus on different tracks.
Scientific Tracks:
- Migration, climate and health
- HIV, TB and hepatitis
- Malaria, parasitic, vector-borne and neglected tropical infectious diseases
- OneHealth, antimicrobial resistance, water and sanitation
- Building strong health systems to achieve UHC: the role of rights, governance, technology and priority setting
- Nutrition, NCD’s, oral health
- Mental health and health promotion
- Disasters, accidents, injuries, global surgery and rehabilitation
- Sexual, reproductive and child health and rights
Important dates:
- Registration Deadline – September 30, 2021
Read more here.
