I am considering whether or not I can attend this without too much cost:
On behalf of the Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet, we are pleased to confirm that your essay entitled The fever at the bottom of the pyramid: Towards private sector and market-oriented solutions for the 10/90 gap was chosen as one of 40 shortlisted by the organizers from almost 300 entries from 60 countries. Your essay will now be published in an anthology to be launched at the Global Forum’s 2007 meeting in Beijing on 29 October. As you know, the winners of the competition have been invited to Beijing for their prize, all expenses paid. Should you be able to find funding to allow you to join us in Beijing, we would be happy to waive the participation fee and to involve you in the celebration of ‘Young Voices’. Do let us know. Please accept our congratulations on this success and our very best wishes for your future.
The cost of air travel to Beijing is about $900 USD if I purchase my ticket now. Accommodations and other expenses will add to that. I wonder if anyone will sponsor my travel costs… Would love to go to there. Maybe summer ‘08?
