AFRO-NETS> 5th Reproductive Health Priorities Conference

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@harare.iafrica.com>]

5th Reproductive Health Priorities Conference
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17 to 20 August, 1999
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

The fifth Reproductive Health Priorities Conference will be held from 
17 to 20 August 1999 at the Alpine Heath Hotel, in the northern Drak-
ensberg Mountains, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.

The series of Reproductive Health Priorities Conferences have been a 
great success in presenting research in this field from the Southern 
African region, in promoting new research in reproductive health and 
in enabling a close interaction between researchers and service pro-
viders from around South Africa and the neighbouring countries.

The conference covers all aspects of reproductive health, including:

- Family planning and fertility regulation
- Contraceptive methods, female and male
- Acceptability and KAP studies related to family planning
- Condom acceptability, marketing and usage
- Infertility - prevention and management
- Male sexual & reproductive health
- Assisted Reproduction
- HIV in reproductive health
- Sexuality
- STD prevention and management as related to infertility
- Prevalence and consequences of unsafe abortion
- Termination of pregnancy
- Social science research in human reproduction
- Evaluation of antenatal care
- Maternal health
- Systems of antenatal care
- Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
- Other related subjects in human reproduction

Guest speakers at this year's conference will include invited par-
ticipants from the international agencies, the United States, other 
African countries and local experts. We invite you to attend the con-
ference and to submit papers or posters for presentation.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

We invite you to submit research papers for presentation. Papers 
should be submitted either for oral presentation or as a poster pres-
entation. Oral presentations will be 10 minutes long and will be fol-
lowed by questions. Each session will have additional time for a dis-
cussion with a panel of speakers.

Poster presentations will be encouraged, as a means of providing ex-
posure for a larger number of research papers. There will be a poster 
summary session, where the authors will have an opportunity to summa-
rise the poster in a two minute oral presentation. We have found that 
this method of presentation leads to a stimulating and exciting ses-
sion and focuses attention on the posters. The poster presentations 
were a highlight of the 1997 and 1998 conferences. Abstracts of pa-
pers or posters should be submitted on an Abstract form (you can re-
quest). The closing date for submission of abstracts for considera-
tion is 16 July 1999. Successful presenters will be notified as soon 
as possible after this date and acceptance of the presentation will 
be conditional upon the presenter registering for the conference be-
fore the closing date of 2 August 1999.

BURSARIES:

A limited number of bursaries are available, in part or whole payment 
of the registration fee transportation and hotel accommodation (on a 
shared room basis). The bursaries are provided in order to encourage 
participation in the conference by health professionals who would not 
otherwise have the means to attend. In particular, nurses and other 
workers involved in the provision of family planning and reproductive 
health care will be supported. Preference will be given to applicants 
who have submitted papers or posters to the conference, and to South 
African applicants, although bursaries will be made available to oth-
ers from the region if funds are available.

Applicants should complete a registration form and attach a letter 
applying for support, detailing their professional status and motiva-
tion for the award of a bursary. Such applications should be returned 
to the secretariat as soon as possible before the closing date for 
bursary applications of 1 July 1999.

SPONSORS:

The Reproductive Heath Priorities Conference relies on the assistance 
of our sponsors to provide funds to subsidise the conference and to 
provide funds for bursaries.

Sponsors confirmed to date include:
Pathfinder International
PPASA
Family Health International
The Reproductive Health Research Unit
AVSC


CONFERENCE CONVENORS:

The conference is held under the auspices of the Reproductive Health 
Research Unit of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Barag-
wanath Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand. The confer-
ence convenors are Dr James Mcintyre and Dr Helen Rees, Co-Directors 
of the Reproductive Health Unit. Any enquiries with regard to the 
scientific programme should be addressed to:

Dr McIntyre
Tel.& Fax +27-11-938-1534
mailto:mcintyre@pixie.co.za


ENQUIRIES:

If you have any queries or require further information about the con-
ference administration, please contact the conference organiser.

The Conference Organiser
5th Reproductive Health Priorities Conference
PO Box 1296, HOUGHTON, 2041
Tel: +27-11-487-2761
Fax: +27-11-487-1529
mailto:gmurconf@iafrica.com

Check our web page for updated conference news:
http://www.rhru.co.za

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