Welcome to the 6th PHASA 2010 Conference
Conference goals
PHASA is a voluntary organisation of public health practitioners focusing on the prevention of disease, the promotion of health, and the improved functioning of South Africa’s health care system. As an African public health association, we are committed to strengthening local and regional capacity in public health. We intend to use the conference both for networking and skills-building among public health practitioners. PHASA has an active membership across South Africa which includes front-line health care providers, representatives from various schools of public health, demographers, epidemiologists, health analysts and health economists. We are an important role-player in health issues in South Africa and have hosted a biennial conference since our inception. To date we have successfully hosted five national conferences, the most recent one in Durban in 2009.
PHASA is a member of the World Federation of Public Health Associations and enjoys good relations with both national and local Departments of Health in South Africa.
Conference Theme
Theme: Healthy environments, healthy people and public health advocacy.
The conference scientific committee has identified the following key tracks that will inform the development of the scientific program. All tracks have a multidisciplinary focus and abstracts consistent with the track focus will be considered.
The conference tracks will be:
- Track 1: Environmental and occupational health
- Track 5: Community action and best practices
- Track 2: Social determinants of health, policy and health equity
- Track 6: Communicable diseases and public health implications
- Track 3: Non-communicable diseases and public health implications
- Track 7: Global health and public health advocacy
- Track 4: Health systems research and measuring public health
