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The 13th international conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-Regional countries on "Enhancing transdisciplinary collaborations on Education and Research to tackle priority public health issues in the new Era" has following objectives:

  • To strengthen the relationship of Faculties of Public Health among the Southeast Asian countries and in the world;
  • To share research results in the field of Public Health as well as priority public health issues among greater Mekong Sub-Regional countries;
  • To search for feasible solutions to enhance international collaboration among Public Health Faculties in Mekong Sub-Region and a wider area of the Southeast Asian countries about training and research in Public Health.

An abstract should be in one paragraph with no more 350 words, describing the major aspects of the entire paper in a prescribed sequence that includes: 1) Introduction: The overall purpose of the study and the research problem(s) you investigated; 2) Objective(s): The outcomes that you aim to achieve by conducting research; 3) Method: The basic design of the study; 4) Results: Major findings or trends found as a result of your analysis; and, 5) Conclusions: a brief summary of your interpretations and conclusions.

Thua Thien Hue provincial Association of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in collaboration with the Faculty of Public Health and the Institute for Community Health Research of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, will host a scientific conference on Public Health.  (updating...)

Emerging infectious diseases are, more than ever, at the center of the world’s attention. Join a diverse group of colleagues from around the world as they present new knowledge and breakthroughs about how to discover, detect, understand, prevent and respond to outbreaks of emerging disease threats.

Rescheduled Date: October 3-5th, 2021

Venue: Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Length: 2.5 days (+1 day Pre-Event Meeting)

Program: Interest Group Seminars, Summit Programming (Workshops, Oral/Poster Presentations, Symposiums, Alternative Sessions, Plenary Speakers), Welcome Reception, Banquet, Master Classes, Cultural Tours

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Attending the 11th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-regional Countries in Vientiane, Lao PDR

From 17-19 October 2019, staff and students of The Institute for Community Health Research, Public Health Faculty, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy attended the 11th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-regional Countries  (GMS11) in Vientiane, Lao PDR with the theme "Improving health equity: a public health challenge".

 

Picture 1: The 11th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-regional Countries  (ICPH-GMS11) in Vientiane, Lao PDR

 

The ICPH-GMS11 is an annual scientific activity of the Greater Mekong Subregion's countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, China, and Vietnam. The conference aims to enhance regional capacity in addressing the needs and significant challenges for public health through the provision of research, reports on health education community as well as monitoring and policies. 

The 11th conference discussed on solving the problem of health care  inequity existing in the health systems of countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion in particular and all over the world in general.

The Vietnamese delegates who headed by A/Prof. Vo Van Thang - Director of the ICHR, Dean of Faculty of Public Health, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, have provided 14 oral presentations and 14 poster presentations spanning many issues related to the public health sector.

 

 

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Picture 2: The Vietnamese delegates headed by Prof. Vo Van Thang attended the conference with up to 30 presentations

 

 

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Picture 3: The meeting among the leaderships of the universities, institutes and faculties of public health among the GMS countries

 

Within the activities of the Conference, A/Prof. Vo Van Thang and Dr. Dang Thi Anh Thu also joined in the leadership meeting of universities, institutes and faculties of public health, members of the Greater Mekong Subregion on Public Health. This assembly was the discussion on the strengthening the cooperation among the participant organizations and considering the admission of new members. The meeting has also developed preliminary plans for the GMS 12th conference in Thailand in the following year, and the 13th in Vietnam which will be hosted by the Faculty of Public Health, HueUMP and Hanoi University of Public Health in 2021. A/Prof. Vo Van Thang, who was one of the founders of the GMS conference, also participated in the seminar titled "Join Hands for Collaboration on Public Health Research to improve the Health Equity among GMS countries", which covered the opportunity for researchers to learn more about the reality, research methods and future development on public health of the region.

 

 

Picture 4: The closing ceremony of ICHP-GMS11