[afro-nets] 9th World Congress on Health Information and Libraries

[Agnes Soares <Soares@NWO.NL>]

9th World Congress on Health Information and Libraries
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ICML 9 - CRICS 7
 
20-23 September, 2005
Salvador, Bahia - Brazil
 
The Main Theme: Commitment to Equity
 
Organized by: 
The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences In-
formation - BIREME/PAHO/WHO;
The IFLA Section of Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries 
and 
The Brazilian Ministry of Health
 
* Focusing on the understanding that knowledge should permeate 
all action in human health the organizers expect to provide an 
analysis of the international advances and challenges the health 
sciences information are facing, 
* with a view to strengthening the universal and equitable ac-
cess to scientific and technical information worldwide 
* to promote the citizenship participation and health decision 
making based on information towards the health for all.
 
The paper and poster submission is open, select one of the sub-
ject tracks and submit an abstract in English before April 30th 
2005:
1. Health and medical library development and innovation
2. Decision based on scientific evidences
3. Information and knowledge management. Learning organizations
4. Information policy
5. Scientific communication & electronic publishing. Open 
   access, open archives
6. Health consumer & patient
7. Traditional and complementary therapies
8. Virtual libraries & virtual communities
9. Human resources development
10. Other topics 
 
For more information see the conference web site:
http://www.icml9.org/?lang=en