1st African Regional Conference of the International Association on Ecology and Health

Don’t miss the first-ever joint conference dedicated to improve public health and ecology from 1 to 5 October 2013 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire!

It is co-organized by Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS), Safe Food, Fair Food project partner in West Africa.

The objective of this meeting is to contribute to the diffusion and sharing of knowledge between researchers, health practitioners and policy makers on integrated and transdisplinary studies that are related to health within the framework of adaptations to global changes.

The conference focuses on three main themes with each having sub themes:

  1. Global changes: causes and consequences on health
  2. Adaptation and change of behaviour: approaches such as Ecohealth, OneHealth, others
  3. From research to action: relationship between researchers and policy makers through participation, mutual learning, communication and capacity building, institutional analysis

The call for abstracts is open until April 13, 2013. Find more details on the conference website:

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