National Meeting on Equity in Health in Uganda “Knowledge for action on equity in health in Uganda” March 27 - 28, 2008 Kampala, Uganda CALL FOR REGISTRATION FOR AND ABSTRACTS OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Deadline for Submission: January 29 2008 The first National meeting on Equity in Health in Uganda will be hosted by the HEPS Uganda – Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development and Makerere University in co-operation with Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET). The meeting will bring together researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and others concerned with equity in health to exchange information and develop an agenda of follow up work to support health equity in Uganda. People interested in attending the Conference are invited to notify the organizing Committee and submit an abstract by January 29th preferably by email to heps@utlonline.co.ug and copy to admin@equinetafrica.org or to HEPS-Uganda P.o Box 2426, Kampala. The theme is ““Knowledge for action on equity in health in Uganda”. The National meeting will explore this theme through a varied program of plenary sessions, forums, poster sessions and scientific sessions. We invite your participation in the advancement of knowledge, exchange of experiences and promotion of equity in health. Contributions are invited on research work, programmes and interventions, participatory action work, training programmes, advocacy interventions and other programmes. In the case of research it will be expected that the aims, methods, findings and recommendations will be presented. In the case of interventions it will be expected that the aims, design, outcomes and lessons learned will be presented. Abstracts must provide: Author(s) first and last name; Organization name, and contact email and phone and fax number and content. Abstracts must not exceed 400 words and must include the aims, design, outcomes /; impact and lessons learned. The deadline for submission of abstracts is January 29 2008 sent by e-mail as a Word document to: heps@utlonline.co.ug and copy to admin@equinetafrica.org. Delegates will be notified of acceptance of their abstract by February 9 , 2008. Abstracts must provide: Author(s) first and last name; Organization name, and contact email and phone and fax number and content.