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THE 48 TH UNION WORLD<br />
CONFERENCE ON LUNG HEALTH<br />
ACCELERATING<br />
<strong>TO</strong>WARD<br />
ELIMINATION<br />
GENERAL INFORMATION<br />
11—14 OC<strong>TO</strong>BER 2017 | GUADALAJARA, MEXICO<br />
ONLINE SUBMISSION OF<br />
SESSIONS FOR 2017 UNION<br />
WORLD CONFERENCE<br />
The 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health will take place<br />
in Guadalajara, Mexico from 11—14 October 2017. Online submission<br />
of abstracts and sessions (symposia, workshops, and post-graduate<br />
courses) to be included in the scientific and community programme<br />
of the conference will open in January 2017.<br />
The conference theme is ‘Accelerating Toward Elimination’.<br />
We welcome you to submit sessions and/or abstracts related to<br />
TB, HIV, tobacco control or adult and child lung health.<br />
WHO: Any interested person may submit a proposal for a session<br />
or abstract. Union membership is not required. We encourage<br />
submissions from scientists, clinicians, public health specialists,<br />
affected communities and other members of civil society.<br />
WHAT: All proposed sessions and abstracts must be related<br />
to lung health.<br />
HOW: Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting. The<br />
Union is committed to promoting person-centred, non-stigmatising<br />
language in conference abstracts and presentations, and therefore<br />
requests that you follow the guidance laid out in the Stop TB<br />
Partnership’s publication, United to end TB: every word counts.<br />
If you need assistance in preparing your abstract, you are invited<br />
to work with our Abstract Mentor Programme. This programme is<br />
designed to support new and less experienced researchers and<br />
implementers who hope to present their work at the conference.<br />
All submitted abstracts and sessions will be peer-reviewed. Abstracts<br />
will be reviewed by a minimum of three individuals with expertise in<br />
the specific technical area. Members of the Coordinating Committee<br />
of Scientific Activities will review Sessions.<br />
If you have any<br />
questions, please contact<br />
scientific@theunion.org<br />
NOTE: In Timelines a change from for previous sessions and<br />
conferences, abstracts are sessions now and the abstracts same, which<br />
will differs both from have the previous same timeline. conferences<br />
26-29 OC<strong>TO</strong>BER 2016 - LIVERPOOL - UNITED KINGDOM<br />
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