the 37th GTP annual conference will be shaped substantially by the scientific contributions of the participants. We invite your structured abstracts to the four tracks of the conference which are outlined below.
Please read the following sections carefully:
Track 1: Communicable Diseases
Infections by bacteria, viruses and parasites are a major cause of morbidity and mortality across the life course. Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to the health worldwide. Effective implementation of evidenced based practices and innovation in health promotion, prevention, diagnosis and treatment are urgently needed. This track covers original or desk based studies of the epidemiology, basic and clinical sciences of pathogens causing major morbidity and mortality in LMICs.
Track 2: Non communicable diseases
Many countries undergo a demographic and epidemiological transition. Causes of morbidity and mortality and populations affected change. Urbanisation, environmental and life style changes have an impact on the health and wellbeing of adolescents and children, and often consequences for health outcomes in their later life. Countries need to adapt their strategies for health service delivery accordingly.
Here we invite studies that examine mental health and cardiovascular, respiratory and diseases of other organ systems that are not primarily caused by pathogens. It includes a wide range of conditions such as over- and undernutrition, accidents and diseases caused by environmental hazards in different settings and age groups.Track 3: Health systems
This track covers studies that examine the elements of the health system that directly and indirectly determine how effective the health needs of children are addressed. Health systems require competencies and motivations of providers, infrastructure and technologies, the health information available through research and monitoring and evaluation systems, service delivery, and how these elements are governed. Submissions describing and analysing models of service delivery, aiming at improved patient safety and quality of service at tertiary, secondary and primary and community level are highly welcomed. A focus is on primary healthcare that aims to serve the children and families in the poorest and hardest to reach communities.
Track 4: Child health beyond survival
Here, we invite studies that are specifically concerned with a child´s well-being. Living a healthy life means more than absence of disease. What can we do that every child has a fair chance to reach its full potential´ What is the significance of the first 1000 days, from conception until the second birthday´ But also thereafter children´s and adolescents´ health is exposed to a multitude of social determinants that constitute risks and opportunities. Children and their families are vulnerable, especially when they are on the move as a result of disasters, either manmade or naturally occurring.
In the context of the GTP 2019 annual conference, an abstract is a stand-alone statement that briefly explains the essential information of a study, research project, policy or programme.
Please see the two options for abstract submission:
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An abstract has been previously published or presented at a national, regional or international meeting can only be submitted provided that there are new methods, new findings, substantially updated information or other valid reasons for submitting that can be provided by the author.