INDICES> Rights, research & health information

["Hilda Bastian" <hilda.bastian@flinders.edu.au>]

INDICES> Rights, research & health information
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Hello!

The Consumer Network of the Cochrane Collaboration is presenting a one-day
international seminar:

"Rights, Research & Health Information:  Community and professionals
working
together"

at the Victoria Junction Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa on 24 October
2000
(8.30am for a 9.00am start, 4.30pm close)

Join speakers and participants from Africa, America, Australia, Latin
America, Europe and Eastern Europe for an exciting day of discussion and
networking.  Speakers include consumer activists, and people from the WHO
and Cochrane Collaboration (an international non-profit organisation
helping
people make informed decisions about health care).

Participating in setting the research agenda, and shaping research
questions
and activities are key strategyies for making health care more valuable 
for
consumers.  Women's rights, rights in the age of AIDS, and access to drugs
and drug information will also be key points for discussion.  Find out more
about evidence-based health care, and how consumers are involved.

More details are on the conference website.  Please spread the word!
Registrations must be received by 20 October 2000.  You can register
on-line
at www.mrc.ac.za/conference/cochrane.htm (under "satellites").   (See the
brochure for other payment methods and local contact details)

We hope to see you there!

Hilda Bastian
International Convenor
Cochrane Consumer Network
Email: hilda.bastian@flinders.edu.au
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