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ECTMIH is a meeting forum developed by the . The FESTMIH network links national societies, other organisations and platforms active in global health and tropical medicine ().

CIH Professor Bente E. Moen is the Congress Chair. CIH Professor Thorkild Tyllesk盲r is the Chair of the Scientific Committee. They collaborate with many others at CIH and at UiB.

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Thorkild Tyllesk盲r

Global challenges in health, migration and equity

The first ECTMIH was organised in 1995. This year鈥檚 Congress will be held over 4 days. focuses on global challenges in health, migration and equity. There will be 9 parallel scientific tracks on the first 2 days, a special (Day 3) and a (Day 4).

Congress being held virtually

Initially planned as a Congress welcoming delegates in person to Bergen, the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Congress organisers to make the difficult decision to hold it virtually.

Advantages of a virtual congress include that it is easier and cheaper for people to attend (an important factor for young researchers, and researchers from low-income countries). It is also easier to have headline participants. For example, the WHO Director General, and other important members of WHO; the Editor of the Lancet, and many more.

CIH/UiB have worked in collaboration with a conference company, in BergenEventAIR to plan this event. The EventAIR web platform, On AIR, was chosen for the Congress, as it has been used for several to support a number of other large online international conferences internationally.

Programme

The Congress will be officially opened Tuesday morning, 28.9.2021, by the University of Bergen鈥檚 Rector, Norad鈥檚 Director General, the Director General of WHO and the President of FESTMIH. .

Each of the first 2 days will conclude with an award ceremony with prizes for the 2 best oral posters and 2 best posters on that day. There will also be a Gamification award that is part of the OnAIR platform. In addition, at the end of the first 2 days there will be a special cultural event. Learn more about the and the .

Photo Competition

ECTMIH2021 collaborated with the to hold a photo competition. This year鈥檚 theme was: Global Challenges in Health. It was based on . The pictures will be shown on the OnAIR Congress website.

A panel of judges will pick the top 10 pictures. ECTMIH2021 participants will be able to vote for their favourites from these 10 on the OnAIR Congress website. The winner will be announced at the end of Corona Day (Thursday, 30 Sept.), and will receive a 200 euro prize. The picture will be shared on the RSTMH and ECTMIH2021 websites.

Young Investigators Day

The final day of the Congress is for early career researchers in Global Health. There are 6 different channels of activities to help young investigators (PhDs and post-docs) expand their skills and learn new ones.

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