The FMOH is going to host the third IFPC from November 12-15, 2013 In Addis Ababa. Pursuant of this, the ministry has established a national steering committee and subcommittees. Among the subcommittees, the Scientific, Exhibition and schedule preparation is one of them. This subcommittee has three working groups of which Scientific peer review working group is one of them.

The SPR working group has taken as an initiative to mentor national abstracts through an anonym zed emails till April 15. The deadline for abstract submission of the IFPC is 1st of May 2013.

Thus please have a look in to the website for further details of the international conference: http://www.fpconference2013.org

For mentor ship of abstracts by local experts before an online application, you can confidently send your abstracts (scientific or program) through the following email address and you will get timely feedback: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

The amended bylaw of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) become official for members of the Association during the 24th Annual meeting held this year and endorsed by the general assembly with 219 supports, 0 refusals, 8 abstains. The amendment is aimed at realigning the Association with the new legal frame work introduced in the country under the Charities and Societies Agency which has bestowed with the authority to regulate charities and civil society organizations operating in the county. 

 

According to the new bylaw, the fiscal year of EPHA is amended from the Ethiopian fiscal calendar to the Gregorian fiscal year, i.e from August 1-July 31 to January1- December 31.