In the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the conference 52nd Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health conference has been postponed to March 3rd and 4th, 2021 which will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel Surabaya, Indonesia. In its place, for the very first time in the history of APACPH, a virtual APACPH conference will be held.
The APACPH Virtual Online Conference 2020 organised jointly by APACPH, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and the Sri Lanka Medical Association on the 5th-8th December 2020 and will be webcast live from Colombo in Sri Lanka.
Online Registration: 01 November 2020
Abstract Submission: 15 September 2020
Abstract Submission Closes: 15 November 2020
As one of the most influential international organisations in Public Health, the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) helps create an environment of mutually rewarding scientific research and the collaboration that promotes advances in public health through its’ annual conference. The importance of the conference is indeed perceived, since the newly emerged global healthcare challenges including COVID 19 pandemic, adapting to the New Norm, rapid growth of NCDs, the threat of antimicrobial resistance, and the ethics in delivering public health services are to be addressed in a timely and effective manner.
In the current context of travel restrictions and need to physical distancing due to COVID 19, an online conference would be the ideal format. Sri Lanka has demonstrated the capacity to host such conferences. Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, the forerunner of university education in Sri Lanka with a history of 150 years, in collaboration of Sri Lanka Medical Association, the oldest national professional association of the Asia-Pacific, look forward to hosting the APACPH annual conference as a virtual three-day conference from 6th to 8th December 2020!
