Hi All,
The forwarded email is for your information. Note that scholarships are available for some groups, including persons with disabilities. I will advise that you try to submit abstracts as this also increases your chance of getting a scholarship to attend the conference.
See you in Cape Town!
Cheers,
Toyin Janet Aderemi, PhD; MPH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)
J Block (4th Floor) Westville Campus
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
South Africa
Public Health Researcher/Consultant
(Disability mainstreaming, capacity building, HIV/AIDS, SRH, GBV)
Ayahulet Consulting
Skype: toyin.janet.aderemi
'You first must be who you are, then love what you do, in order to have what you want' - Margaret Young
Dear All,
As most of you are aware by now, the International Conference on AIDS & STI'S in Africa (ICASA) is fast approaching. The conference is to be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 7th - 11th December 2013 (please go to
http://www.icasa2013southafrica.org/ for further details).
As the disability & HIV task group for the IDDC, we are really striving towards ensuring a strong disability presence in the conference. In view of this, there are some key dates you need to be aware of in term of abstract submission and applications for community village & exhibition (i.e. disability network zone).
Conference Registration - until 22 November 2013
Scholarship Applications - until 13 June 2013
Abstract submission
ICASA 2013 are now open for abstract submissions until 20 June 2013.
If you would like assistance with formatting your abstract before submitting to ICASA, please feel free to forward your draft abstract to any of the people below within the next 2 weeks:
Community village/ Commercial Exhibition & Satellite Sessions - opens 25 July 2013 (This relates to application for Disability Network Zone, NSP Workshop etc.).
Please do forward this email to others you feel would be interested in attending the conference.
Thanks everyone
Kind regards
Paul
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