AFRO-NETS> Helina 2003 - 2nd Call for Papers

[Debbie Leak <debbie.leak@mrc.ac.za>]

Helina 2003 - 2nd Call for Papers
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12-15 October 2003
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

Information and Communication Technology in the Fight against HIV/ 
AIDS in Africa

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ­ DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 14 MAY 2003

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) will convene 
HELINA 2003, the fourth HELINA (HEaLth INformatics in Africa) confer-
ence in South Africa from 12 to 15 October 2003, focused on communi-
cation and information technologies (ICT) in the fight against 
HIV/AIDS in Africa. The conference aims to bring expert clinicians 
and researchers in HIV/AIDS together with regional and international 
experts in health informatics in a unique forum. The goal of this 
meeting is to introduce all participants to the broad range of issues 
of mutual concern facing those who develop and manage HIV/AIDS inter-
ventions, and the potential for information and communication tech-
nologies to further these aims.

The conference will have four tracks
* Clinical Care
* Public Health Infrastructure
* Public Policy
* Research, including Clinical Trials.

A wide range of presentations related and relevant to the theme of 
the conference is envisaged. Potential presenters are encouraged to 
share their experiences of and insights into addressing the problems 
of responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa and other developing 
areas.

SUBMISSIONS

Abstracts of presentations are invited for consideration by the Sci-
entific Programme Committee. Submissions (maximum 1 page in length) 
should be made as an MS Word or .rtf document, following the attached 
guidelines.

All submissions should be made by electronic mail to the HELINA2003 
Conference Secretariat, mailto:debbie.leak@mrc.ac.za , before 14 May 
2003.

All submissions will be reviewed by the members of the SPC, who will 
select oral and poster presentations for inclusion in the conference 
programme.

The chairperson of the Scientific Programme Committee is Dr David 
Rind, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,  
mailto:drind@caregroup.harvard.edu 

IMPORTANT DATES:

* Revised deadline for receipt of all submissions: 14 May 2003
* Notification of acceptance of submissions: 15 June 2003


FURTHER CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Conference Co-chairs:

* Dr. Charles Safran
 IMIA Vice President for Special Affairs
 Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
 and Chief Executive Officer, Clinical Support Technology, Newton,
 MA, USA
 mailto:csafran@harvard.edu

* Dr Sedick Isaacs
 President, South African Health Informatics Association (SAHIA)
 Department of Medical Informatics, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observa-
 tory, South Africa
 mailto:Seisaacs@pawc.wcape.gov.za

Sponsorship is being sought to assist African participants to attend 
the conference. Details of sponsorship possibilities and selection 
criteria for sponsorship will be circulated when available. Delegates 
who are making a conference presentation are likely to receive pref-
erence in the allocation of any available funds.

For more information, including details of conference fees, visit the 
conference website at http://www.helina2003.org

OR

contact the conference secretariat:
Ms Debbie Leak
Medical Research Council
PO Box 19070
Tygerberg 7505
South Africa
Tel: +27-21-938-0554
Fax: +27-21-938-0395
mailto:debbie.leak@mrc.ac.za

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FOR HELINA2003

1. The conference will include oral presentation and posters. The or-
ganising committee wishes to emphasise that oral contributions and 
poster presentations are equally important.

2. The submission of an abstract is required for both posters and 
oral presentations.

3. Please indicate clearly if you wish to present a poster. THE 
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE WHETHER PRESENTATIONS WILL 
BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL PROGRAMME AS POSTERS OR AS ORAL 
PRESENTATIONS, UNLESS AUTHORS HAVE REQUESTED TO PRESENT IN POSTER 
FORM.

4. Since the accepted abstracts will be made available to conference 
participants, they must be well structured and should reflect the 
substance of the content of your presentation.

5. Abstract format: All abstracts must be presented in English. Ab-
stracts (including title and author information) must be no more than 
one A4 page long, with margins at least 2,5cm wide all round, and 
text in 11pt Times New Roman font.

The abstract must be presented in the following manner:
- Title of presentation, in capital letters
- Authors: Surname and initials in format: Jones L, Mkize JR, etc.
  Underline the name of the presenting author.
- Text of abstract.
Abstracts presenting research or descriptive work must be organised 
in 5 sections:
- background
- hypothesis and/or objective
- method
- results
- conclusions.

6. Your abstract and abstract registration form must reach the con-
ference secretariat by electronic mail no later than 14 May 2003, at 
mailto:debbie.leak@mrc.ac.za . The abstract registration form may be 
obtained from the conference website at http://www.helina2003.org . 
Please contact the HELINA 2003 Conference Secretariat if you are un-
able to obtain the form from the conference website.

7. Selection of abstracts: Abstracts for inclusion in the conference 
programme will be selected by the Scientific Programme Committee. You 
will be informed whether or not your abstract has been accepted, and 
the FORM in which your presentation will be included in the confer-
ence programme (i.e. poster or oral presentation) not later than 15 
June 2003.

8. Final acceptance of an abstract will require that at least one au-
thor registers for the conference.
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