Greetings From The President IEA
It gives me pleasure to extend hearty greetings to the organizers of 14th SEA-IEA regional meeting and welcome the distinguished delegates of this conference. The conference is being held at Mae Fah Luang University in the Northern Thailand during 23-25 Nov 2022. This conference is being presented by several international organizations such as Mae Fah Luang University; Ministry of Public Health Thailand; Health System Research Institute, Thailand; The Council of Community Public Health, Thailand; Thai Health Promotion Foundation, IEA-SEA, WHO-SEA. The host University named after Her Royal Highness Kings mother is an excellent place of learning blended with love and affection to people. The Scientific program committee has chosen COVID-19 as the main theme along with other pertinent problems and challenges to global public health which are significantly relevant.
The IEA has embarked upon volunteerism, regionalization and development of specific niche in our global effort to advance epidemiology towards equity in health for development. Hope this meeting will provide a platform to strengthen capacity in epidemiology in countries, through effective networking and partnership and will bring out solutions to common regional problems.
I congratulate all stake holders, particularly Prof Umesh Kapil Regional Councillor IEA-SEA and Dr Tawatchai Apidechkul, Dean Centre of Excellence for Tribal Health Research and Director Wellness Centre MFU for bringing out this scientific meeting.
I wish a grand success to the conference.
Chandra M Pandey, PhD, FSMS
President International Epidemiological Association
