10th International Conference on Urban Health We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the 10th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), to be heldNovember 1–5, 2011 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The abstract deadline is June 30th, 2011, and applicants will be notified of the final decisions on their submissions by July 30th. The website for the Conference is www.icuh2011.com. The principal theme to be addressed will be urban health action toward equity, with special interest in the urban context, its metrics, and interventions. The conference will examine how institutions and governments can develop and implement interventions that improve health equity, based upon the urban health evidence. These issues will be examined in a multitude of sectors, such as climate change, air pollution, physical activity, health services, violence and security, transportation and injuries, housing and infrastructure, neighborhoods and the urban environment, reproductive and maternal child health, the social determinants of health, substance use and vulnerable populations, and still others. The meeting is being jointly organized by the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), the Belo Horizonte Observatory for Urban Health, and the International Society for Urban Health. The Observatory, a partnership between UFMG and the Belo Horizonte Municipality, has made the city a model for efforts to increase health equity in the urban setting. Founded in 2002, its mission is to build workforce capacity in population health research and to conduct urban-themed studies that can drive planning for improving urban health. |
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