Sixth TEPHINET Southeast Asia and Western Pacific Bi-regional Conference
Indonesia will host the 6th TEPHINET Southeast Asia and Western Pacific Bi-regional Scientific Conference from Nov. 8 to 11, 2011, at the Nusa Dua Convention Center in Bali.
The conference has the theme “Global Surveillance Networking for Global Health” and is organized by the Training Programs in Field Epidemiology and Public Health Intervention Network (TEPHINET).
The conference is the first TEPHINET conference ever to be held here in Indonesia and the conference is crucial given the transnational population mobility thanks to modern means of transportation and speedy transnational transmission of communicable diseases,” director general for disease control and environmental health Tjandra Yoga Aditama said in a statement sent to The Jakarta Post on Friday.
Tjandra said that ensuring global health was not an issue for only one country but a cause requiring surveillance involving extensive networks to tackle global health woes like communicable diseases and health problems driven by the nuclear crisis in Japan.
At least 700 participants from more than 40 countries are expected to attend the conference.
More details on the conference can be found at http://tephinet.fetpindonesia.org
This is the announcement I published on the TEPHINET website in case you want to use for the conference website:
The late-breaking abstracts submission opened on September 19th and will close Friday September 23rd at 5pm EST. We encourage submissions of outbreak investigations or related studies that could not be completed by the regular abstract submission period.
To submit your abstract please go to: http://tephitract.org/conference/abstract/index.php
IMPORTANT: Make sure to select the Indonesia conference in the drop-down menu**