Call for Abstracts
Conference on: Global Health Metrics and Evaluation: Controversies, Innovation, Accountability
March 14—16, 2011 -
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Global health metrics and evaluation conference
Conference website: http://ghme.org/
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (
A broad range of topics related to health metrics and evaluation will be covered during the conference. Abstracts can be submitted on the following topics: the latest approaches to measuring maternal mortality; transitions in non-communicable diseases in rich and poor countries; controversies in the burden of malaria; trends in health inequalities; integrated surveillance systems; responsible data sharing and strengthening country capacity for analysis; new quantitative tools for priority setting; and the next generation of metrics for health-system performance.
Abstracts should be no longer than 250—300 words in length, and written in English. Please submit abstracts online at the conference website,
no later than Dec 6, 2010.
The peer-review process will be organised by The Lancet. http://bit.ly/cAsLPh
The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9750, Page 1375, 23 October 2010
Participants will be informed of the acceptance of abstracts for oral or poster presentation no later than Jan 24, 2011.
Accepted abstracts will be published in a booklet and on The Lancet's website. When relevant to the type of presentation to be made, abstracts should include the following: background/introduction, objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions/recommendations.
GHME Conference Organizing Committee:
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Division of Women & Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan;
Julio Frenk, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;
Richard Horton, The Lancet, London, UK;
Alan Lopez, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia;
Fatima Marinho de Souza, Pan American Health Organization PAHO/WHO, Washington, DC, USA;
Anne Mills, Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;
Christopher Murray, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA;
Osman Sankoh, INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana;
Kenji Shibuya, Department of International Health Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and
Debrework Zewdie, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland
Preliminary Schedule
Monday, March 14, 2011
8:30am - 9:15 am Opening Remarks
9:15am - 10:45 am Measuring Maternal Mortality
11:15am - 12:45 pm Non-Communicable Disease Transitions: Rich and Poor Countries
12:45pm - 1:45 pm Dining with Data: Data Visualization Tools and GIS
1:45pm - 3:15 pm Controversies in the Burden of Malaria
3:45pm - 5:15 pm Trends in Health Inequalities
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
8:30-10:00 am Parallel Methods Workshops
1. Spatial-temporal Analytical Models
2. Methods for Synthesizing Data from Multiple Sources
3. Next Generation of Verbal Autopsy Instruments and Methods
10:30 am -noon Parallel Methods Workshops, Continued
1. Spatial-temporal Analytical Models
2. Methods for Synthesizing Data from Multiple Sources
3. Next Generation of Verbal Autopsy Instruments and Methods
noon-1:00 pm Dining with Data: The Global Health Data Exchange
1:00- 2:30 pmIntegrated Surveillance Systems across Traditional Boundaries
3:00- 4:30 pm Responsible Data Sharing and Strengthening Country Capacity for Analysis
5:00- 8:00 pm Open House at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
8:30-10:00 am New Quantitative Tools for Priority Setting
1:00-2:30 pm Next Generation of Health System Performance Metrics
3:00-4:30 pm Indicators and Targets for a Post-Millennium Development Goal World
4:30-5:00 pm Synthesis of the Meeting..
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