Towards Universal Coverage: Essay Competition

ELIGIBILITY
* Authors must have been born on or after 1 January 1980.
* Authors must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- have a master's degree in health or a health-related field
- be enrolled in a doctoral-level programme in health or a health-related field
- have at least two years' work or research experience in public health or development.

SUBMISSION AND SELECTION CRITERIA
* Each author may submit one essay only.
* Essays must not have been previously published.
* Entries should be individual (i.e., the work of a single author).
* They should not exceed 1500 words (excluding title and references).
* Essays may be written in English or French.

TIMELINE
* The deadline for receipt of entries is 17 May 2010.
* A shortlist will be announced by the end of June.
* Shortlisted authors will be asked to provide a print-quality photograph of themselves and to confirm original authorship, date of birth and other eligibility criteria.
* The winners will be notified during August 2010.

PRIZES
* A selection of shortlisted essays will be published in an anthology as well as on the Global Forum and Lancet websites. The publication will be launched on the occasion of the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.
* Winners will be invited to take part (with all expenses paid) in the Symposium, which will take place in Montreux, Switzerland, from 16 to 20 November 2010.

For full details including details on Symposium themes, selection criteria, submission form and instructions, see www.hsr-symposium.org

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ABOUT  TDR
The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is a global programme of scientific collaboration established in 1975, sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO), and administered by WHO in Geneva, Switzerland. Its focus is on working with institutions in low and middle income countries on research into neglected diseases of the poor, with the goal of improving existing approaches and developing new ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and control these diseases.

For more information, visit: http://www.who.int/tdr