Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Indian Health Economics and Policy association (IHEPA) announces its third conference

Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA) along with Azim Premji University and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics have announced its third annual conference to be held in Pune from 6 – 7 January 2014. IHEPA proposes to have dedicated sessions on Healthcare Issues of Maharashtra.

As part of the conference, IHEPA has invited research and policy papers on the following sub-themes –

-          Health Financing: Issues and Challenges

-          Health for All, MDGs, NRHM: Lessons Learned

-          Health Transition: Issues and Implications

-          Maharashtra Healthcare System: Achievements and Challenges

-          Other related issues relevant to the current context



The papers submitted will be screened by a Panel of Reviewers of IHEPA for acceptance to the Conference. IHEPA encourages young research students to contribute and participate in the Conference. The last date for submission of paper is September 30, 2013.

Guidelines and format of the paper

Length of the paper should be less than 8,000 words, accompanied by an abstract of one page. The abstract should reflect the whole paper including context, objectives, methodology and main conclusions. The papers, formatted with 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman Font Size 12 saved under MS-Word format may be submitted electronically to secretary.ihepa@gmail.com with Cc to office.ihepa@gmail.com