Call for Abstracts! International Conference on Primary Health Care 2025

Overview

The International Conference on Primary Health Care (ICPHC) 2025 will be held under the theme ‘Advancing Primary Health Care in the 21st Century: Putting People First’ from October 6–10, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The ICPHC2025 is a global platform organized by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH), the International Institute for Primary Health Care-Ethiopia (IPHC-E), and Johns Hopkins. It aims to foster dialogue, knowledge exchange, and collaboration among primary health care (PHC) professionals to strengthen PHC systems globally, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), through interactive sessions, workshops, and potential post-conference engagements.

Key objectives

• Promote Intersectoral Collaboration: Foster holistic approaches to health through cross-sectoral partnerships.
• Advocate for PHC Policy and Investments: Influence global and national health policies to prioritize PHC.
• Address LMIC Challenges: Share best practices and strategies tailored to LMIC contexts.
• Empower PHC Champions: Recognize and amplify the role of PHC leaders and innovators.

Call for abstracts

The ICPHC 2025 is now accepting abstracts on following tracks,

• Track 1 : Multisectoral
• Track 2 : Adaptable
• Track 3: Resilience
• Track 4: Innovative

Fore more details visit official website.

The Conference Technical Review Team selects presenters through a competitive process, evaluating submissions based on the following criteria to ensure relevance, impact, and quality:

1. Evidence-Base and Technical Quality: Rigor of the proposed content, including study methods, design, analytical tools, and frameworks used.
   
2. Relevance to Conference Themes: Alignment with the conference themes, including feasibility, practicality, and implications for policy and strategy in similar settings.
   
3. Impact: Potential impact of the presentation, including results, scalability, lessons learned, intervention projects, improvements to community health programs, and financing of primary health care.
   
4. Diversity: Representation of diverse perspectives, considering gender, disability, region, and technical/organizational background.
   
5. Innovation and Applicability to LMICs: Degree of innovation in the study, question, or tool presented, with a focus on generating new approaches or frameworks applicable to, or originating from, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Key Submission Notes

• If submitting multiple abstracts, each proposal must be submitted individually.
• All submissions are reviewed and approved by the Technical Research Review Committee to ensure topic diversity and alignment with conference themes.
• To maximize learning and impact, we strongly encourage the submission of research findings based on multi-country studies.

Presentation types

• Breakout Sessions
• Lightning Paper Talks
• Roundtable Sessions
• Poster Presentation
• Practical Workshops & Skills Sessions

Scholarships

A limited number of scholarships are available to applicants, primarily for:

• Local NGOs, not-for-profits, social enterprises, or organizations headquartered in Global South regions (as defined by the World Bank).
• Awards are based on criteria such as excellence in Primary Health Care and demonstrated economic need.

How to Apply for a Scholarship

• Opt to apply for a scholarship during your speaking application.
• Submit a short essay outlining why you require a scholarship.
• Closing date for scholarship applications: April 30, 2025.

Read more (Official Conference website)