NATIONAL EMHS SYNERGY SUMMIT 2026
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
THEME:
FROM POLICY TO PATIENT: ADVANCING EMHS DELIVERY THROUGH GOVERNANCE AND INNOVATION.
Submit your abstracts to emhssummit@googlegroups.com
KEY THEMATIC AREAS
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with National Medical Stores, and other partners invites submission of abstracts for the National Essential Medicines and Health Supplies (EMHS) Synergy Summit 2026, to be held on 12 November 2026 at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo at 8:00am.
The Summit wil be held under the theme:
From Policy to Patient: Advancing EMHS Delivery through Governance and innovation.
The Summit seeks to provide a national platform for stakeholders to share evidence, best practices. innovations, practical experiences andimplementation lessons that can be adapted or scaled to strengthen EMHS systems and improve health service delivery. Particular emphasis wil beplacedon practical solutions that improve the journey of essentialmedicines and health supplies from policy, financing and planning through to avalability appropriate use and access by the patient.
Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, healthworkers, development and implementing partners academia and innovators are invited to submit abstracts aligned with the following thematic areas
1. EMHS Financing
2. EMHS Avalabilty and Patient Access
3. Digital Governance Innovation and End-to-End Visibility
4. Accountability. Stewardship and Appropriate Use of EMS
Abstracts should be 250-300words, submitted by the Principal investigator or lead author, and structured under the folowing headings Background, Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion
Submissions may present research findings, practical experiences, innovations, implementation lessons. ongoing projects with preliminary or partial findings, or success stories that demonstrate approaches with potential to strengthen EMHS delivery andimprove access to essential medicines and health supplies.
Submission Deadline: 20th October 2026
Submit abstracts to: emhssummit@googlegroups.com
Selected abstracts will be invited for 15-minute oral presentations during the Summit. Other accepted abstracts may be considered for poster presentation or publication in the Summit Magazine
