INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ACHIEVING ONE HEALTH:
PERCEPTIONS, SCOPE, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
28-29 NOVEMBER, 2024
(In Hybrid-Mode)
Subject: International Conference on “Achieving One Health: Perceptions, Scope, Opportunities and Challenges in the Developing World”, 28-29, November 2024 at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT), Zimbabwe
Greetings from the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre)!!
"One Health" is a collaborative, multi-sectoral and trans-disciplinary approach that reinforces the ambition towardsSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and helps accelerate progress towards their achievement. “One health” approach establishes the link between the humans, animals and the environment to tackle the health problems and strive to achieve optimal health outcomes at the local, regional, national and global levels.
Effective implementation of “One Health” programs can only be successful by embedding together political commitment, policy formulation, sustainable financing, program development, knowledge sharing, institutional collaboration, capacity enhancement, engagement of civil society and active participation of the communities. This can be made possible by discussing the perceptions, scope, opportunities and challenges being encountered in ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all (SDG-3).
In order to deliberate on the above, the Centre for Science & Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre), New Delhi, in partnership with the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT), Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, announces the organization of an International Conference on “Achieving One Health: Perceptions, Scope, Opportunities and Challenges in the Developing World” during November 28-29, 2024 in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe in Hybrid-Mode.
The Conference will be hosted and organized by the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT), Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.
Applications may please be submitted to Dr. Amitava Bandopadhyay, Director General, NAM S&T Centre at e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in the application form enclosed with the attached announcement brochure.
However, interested applicants from Zimbabwe may submit their request directly to Prof. K. Chitindingu, Executive Dean, School of Health Sciences and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe at e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The following may please be noted:
(a) The last date for submission of applications is October 21, 2024. Only limited seats are available for participation in this event. Since a large number of applications are expected, early response is advisable to avoid disappointment.
(b) Free local hospitality, including accommodation and meals will be provided to all the NAM S&T Centre sponsored foreign participants from November 27, 2024 (noon) to November 30, 2024 (noon) [i.e. from one day before to one day after the completion of the Conference]. The participants should plan their itinerary accordingly; otherwise they will have to make their own arrangements of stay beyond these days.
Transport will also be provided to the participants free of cost for their airport transfers and any local travel in connection with the Conference.
(c) Selection of applicants will be made purely on the basis of their academic and professional background and relevance of their current engagements in the relevant field, and also the quality of the abstract of paper submitted.
(d) For applications received from the Member Countries of the NAM S&T Centre, which are regularly paying their annual subscription: The NAM S&T Centre will provide return international airfare to Harare, Zimbabwe by excursion class and shortest route to only one official nominee of each country, whose application is routed through the Focal Point of the NAM S&T Centre in the applicant’s country.
In this connection, the Focal Points may endorse as many numbers of applications, but the NAM S&T Centre will consider only one official nomination for full financial support by the Centre, subject to the availability of seats and the applicant fulfilling all the above stated criteria. The additional nominations from the Focal Points, if any, as well as applications directly received by the NAM S&T Centre, may also be considered subject to the availability of seats, but such applicants will have to arrange for their international airfare and will also be required to pay in advance a Processing Fee of US $400 to the NAM S&T Centre.
(e) For applications received from the Member Countries of the NAM S&T Centre defaulting on the payment of their annual dues: Selected nominees of the Focal Points from those of the Member Countries that are overdue on the payment of their annual subscription and any other selected applicants will make their own arrangement for international travel and will also be required to pay in advance a Processing Fee of US $400 to the NAM S&T Centre.
(f) For nominations received from the S&T-Industry Network Members of the NAM S&T Centre: The NAM S&T – Industry Network entitles each Network Member, which has no outstanding dues against its membership subscription, to get invitation for two nominees each year with full finances paid by the Centre for participation in appropriate activities organized by the Centre. Accordingly, if a Network Member has still not fully availed of this privilege and desires to make a nomination for attending the Conference, the NAM S&T Centre will provide return international airfare by excursion class and shortest route to such official nominee of the Network Member, if selected.
Any additional nominee(s) of the paying S&T-Industry Network Members, as well as the nominees of those Network Members, which are overdue on the payment of their annual membership subscription, if selected, will make their own arrangement for international travel and will also be required to pay in advance a Processing Fee of US $400 to the NAM S&T Centre.
(g) For applicants from the Non-Member Countries and any other applicants in their individual capacity from countries other than Zimbabwe: They may send the completed Application Form directly to the NAM S&T Centre. They will be required to pay a Processing Fee of US $400 to the NAM S&T Centre immediately after selection and will also have to make their own arrangement for international travel.
(h) There will be no registration fee for the participants attending online.
(i) Other details of the Conference are available in the attached Announcement.
(j) Information on the Member Countries and S&T-Industry Network Members of the NAM S&T Centre and names/addresses of the Focal Points may be seen on the Centre’s website www.namstct.org.
(k) English will be the official language of the Conference.
All correspondence may please be made by e-mail. All documents should be prepared in MS-Word Format (or electronically scanned in case of the passport) and sent as attachments to the email.
Kindly avoid sending us fax messages or hard copies to save paper and energy.
We solicit your kind cooperation in getting the best suited applicants for this important Conference.
Director General, NAM S&T Centre
Download the Application Form Here
Download the Announcement Here
