COPHA 2018 - The 4th Conference on Public Health in Asia

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Category healthcare; nursing; public health

Deadline: March 02, 2018 | Date: April 28, 2018-April 29, 2018

Venue/Country: Hiroshima, Japan

Updated: 2018-02-17 19:13:12 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

COPHA 2018 is being held in partnership with the 2nd Asian Symposium on Health Informatics and Nursing Education (SHINE 2018) and the 3rd Asian Conference on Urban Planning and Sustainable Cities (UP-City 2018). In addition to this conference participants will have an opportunity to visit Hiroshima Peace Park and the famous shrine island of Miyajima — both Peace Park and Miyajima are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

This is a small, international, peer-reviewed conference with a limited number of oral and poster presentation time slots. We encourage all interested participants to submit presentations as early as possible. Please note that submissions and registration will close when the event has reached its capacity.

About COPHA 2018

Asia is the fastest-growing and most dynamic region in the world, but government spending on public health is low and is often not focused on those who need it most. For many in the region, personal health expenses are a major cause of poverty. Another major challenge facing Asia is disease control and prevention. One area of critical importance, but often overlooked, is the field of health informatics, which is crucial in improving data sharing in the public health arena by ensuring that doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals have access to quality medical IT and healthcare management systems. Public health challenges that will be addressed are the need for improved nursing care for the aging nations, fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases, such as Liver Fluke in Thailand and improving access to safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation in South Asia.

COPHA 2018 event will be held in partnership with the 2nd Asian Symposium on Health Informatics and Nursing Education (SHINE 2018). These paired events will provide a multidisciplinary platform for discussing a range of issues confronting public health around Asia and beyond for academics and researchers; students/trainees; policy-makers, administrators and managers; health promotion workers; social workers; people working in urban, rural, remote and small communities and anyone with an interest in improving the quality of public health either locally or globally.

Below, we discuss the most prevalent health issues Asia today and we invite proposals of 250 words in English by Friday, March 2, 2018:

◾Access to Healthcare

◾Aging and Public Health

◾Communicable Diseases

◾Community Health

◾Environmental Health

◾Epidemiology

◾Food Safety

◾Health Economics

◾Infectious Diseases

◾Maternal and Child Health

◾Mental and Behavioral Health

◾Neglected Tropical Diseases

◾Parasitology and Public Health

◾Nurses in Public Health

◾Nutrition and Malnutrition

◾Public Health Education and Promotion

◾Sexually Transmitted Diseases

◾Sustainable Development

◾Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

◾Other areas (please specify)