Information for Presenters


RHC2024 Theme: "United Health Care for All-Collaborating for Better Health."
We are seeking innovative contributions that explore the dynamics of collaboration in various dimensions, including public-private partnerships, interdisciplinary collaborations, cooperation between government departments, and initiatives focused on supporting patients and caregivers. As we aim to foster a holistic approach to rural health, we encourage abstracts that highlight successful models, challenges faced, and lessons learned in forging partnerships that ultimately contribute to the enhancement of healthcare access and outcomes for rural communities.


In drawing up your abstract, please align it as far as possible with the overall conference theme "United Health Care for All - Collaborating for better health"

We welcome abstracts on:

Rural Teamwork


  • Developing undergraduate teamwork & multi disciplinary teams
  • Innovative ideas on "Who is the team?" and alternative human resources to achieve NHI & UHC
  • Developing team leadership and team management
  • Trans-disciplinary teams for rural facilities
  • Building an insightful workforce
  • Mentoring, accountability and supervision of students and young professionals within the team to ensure they thrive
  • Best Practice in Teamwork
  • How the multidisciplinary team improves health outcomes
Health Systems Management & Policy
  • The gap between urban & rural: population health & disability demographics, rural social determinants of health, human resources, service delivery in rural areas
  • What is Universal Health Coverage and how does NHI provide UHC?
  • Sustainable Development Goals agenda 2030
  • Capacity building to develop good services & retain staff in rural areas
  • Setting priorities to ensure access to care for those currently disadvantaged in health care
  • Problems & solutions on issues such as access to service, budgets, human resources, quality facilities
  • Litigation & costs related to poor service delivery and poor quality of service
  • Developing new Service Delivery Packages to ensure UHC
  • Health finance, health worker distribution and user access to health services
  • Technology to resolve rural issues
  • Social accountability: What the News tells us about social determinants of health, Role of the university: training undergraduates to to be ready for NHI, Intersectoral collaboration in health
  • Inter-sectoral work
Community engagement & end users voice
  • Collaboration with patients, parents and their family
  • Collaboration with hospital & clinic boards
  • Working with traditional healers and leaders
  • How we can all be health advocates
  • Access to healthcare for marginalised groups
Clinical Practice
  • Working in resource constrained environments yet still giving quality care
  • Innovative practice that makes health care equitable
  • Good practice in adverse conditions
  • Unpacking DoH policy and practice for private practitioners
  • Holistic vs specialist care, best use of specialists and access to specialist care in rural areas
  • Best practice in PHC
  • Best practice global surgery