HELINA 2003: Call for papers
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HELINA 2003 - Information and Communication Technology in the Fight
against HIV/AIDS in Africa
12 - 15 October 2003
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
CALL FOR PAPERS
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 ex-
perts in health informatics in a unique forum. The goal of this meet-
ing is to introduce all participants to the broad range of issues of
mutual concern facing those who develop and manage HIV/AIDS interven-
tions, and the potential for information and communication technolo-
gies 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 a MS WORD .doc or .rtf document, following the at-
tached guidelines.
All submissions should be made by electronic mail to the HELINA2003
Conference Secretariat:
mailto:debbie.leak@mrc.ac.za
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:
* Deadline for receipt of all submissions: 30 March 2003
* Notification of acceptance of submissions: 30 April 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, 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
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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.
Abstracts (including title and author information) must be no more
than one A4 page long, with margins at least 2,5 cm wide all round,
and text in 11 pt 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 30 March 2003,
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 not later than 30 April 2003.
Participants will be informed of the FORM in which their presentation
will be included in the conference programme (i.e. poster or oral
presentation) not later than 31 May 2003.
8. Final acceptance of an abstract will require that at least one au-
thor registers for the conference.
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