Subject: HSR2020 announcement: new COVID-19 Global Symposium stream
From: HSR2020 Symposium Program Working Group <[email-masked]>
To: Ketevan Goginashvili <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:02:22 +0000

Dear Ketevan Goginashvili,

HSR2020 comes at a potentially defining moment as health systems across the world are under tremendous pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and needing, perhaps more than ever, to learn from and collaborate with one another against a shared global threat to health, wellbeing and social justice. The themes of HSR2020 are critical to our success in addressing COVID-19 - seeking to break down old silos and re-orient health systems to address public health. 

Accordingly, HSR2020 is pleased to announce a new call for COVID-19 specific abstracts https://bit.ly/2C9tcBu that address the broader theme of ‘re-imagining health systems for better health and social justice’ https://bit.ly/3e1ZhJC , and any of the three subthemes: 
•	Subtheme 1: Engaging political forces
•	Subtheme 2: Engaging social, economic and environmental forces
•	Subtheme 3: Engaging technological, data and social innovations

Cross-cutting questions that explore the ethical dilemmas, equity concerns and social injustices - within and influencing health systems - that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront are also welcome.

Abstract submissions are limited to organized sessions. Individuals who have previously submitted abstracts can still apply for the COVID-19 stream.  
Information about how to submit can be found here: 

https://hsg.eventsair.com/hsr2020/organizedsessionsubmissioneng?Token=t0LaNnXjZwIC7nXx9f2QwqvBvkyFhCAZgVAWv6VXJ4qV3NIxZ8IEDk5l8RWemtjp  

The call for the new HSR020 COVID-19 stream is now open until 30 July 2020. 
Submitters of accepted abstracts will be notified by the end of August. 

Sincerely,

Symposium Program Working Group