Imagine you are attending a panel held by the largest conference in your field and none of the panelists show up. This was the scene at AIDS 2022, a conference held in Montreal this past July, by the biggest AIDS advocacy organization – the International AIDS Society (IAS). The scene was captured in a […]
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Ensuring LMIC participation in global health conferences
In spite of increasing digitalisation of the society, in-person conferences continue to remain as a critical forum for share knowledge and building networks. Major conferences are usually held in high-income counties .Participation from researchers in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) continue to remain a challenge. A major factor associated with low participation is high cost. […]