[EQ] 2008 AIDS Conference: Technical Support for abstratcts, papers and posters

 

TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR PROPOSALS (ABSTRACTS), PAPERS, AND POSTERS

Collaborative Virtual Space

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care - Family and Community Health Area
 IKM-- BIREME - Pan American Health Organization - PAHO/WHO 

 

The deadline for submissions of abstracts for the Mexico City Conference is February 19^th, 2008

 

The deadline for submissions of abstracts for tutoring is January 31^st , 2008

 

To submit application for abstract, presentation or poster tutoring enter to Website: http://cspace.fch.bvsalud.org/tiki-index.php  

Or Send an email to mex-aids-2008@paho.org

 

 

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is developing a collaborative virtual space to assist individuals and organizations/groups in the Region of the Americas willing to submit contributions to organizing committees of technical meetings, congresses or conferences, but whose limited experience restrains them to do it.

Taking advantage of the upcoming International AIDS Conference to be held in Mexico City in August 2008, PAHO is launching this mechanism as a “paper clinic”. By contributing to improve the overall quality of submissions, PAHO expects that a greater number of contributions from the Region will be accepted and presented during the scientific program of this important event: http://www.aids2008.org/

 

Whereas PAHO can’t provide any warranty that the submissions will be accepted, it can make a serious commitment that the quality of the accepted contributions will be enhanced through the development of competencies in the field of preparation of abstracts, papers, and presentations, whether oral or as posters.

The mechanism is essentially a Collaborative Virtual Space that includes:
- A Toolkit:links that would enable users to learn about the techniques and art of writing scientific proposals and papers.
- Tutorship: will be provided –at a limited scale initially—to improve the quality of some promising papers and to sharpen the capacities of investigators and writers.
- The space will include virtual tools for exchange of information and experiences – Forum, Blog, Wikis.

 

This mechanism is an ongoing endeavor and will be modified and expanded with the contributions and opinions of users.

This gives PAHO a month for actual work on perfecting abstracts. Nevertheless, further support will be provided for the development of presentations and posters and for last minute submissions.

 

 

Scientific tracks of the conference:

·         Globalization & HIV/AIDS: how, in a world with borders, globalization and global inequalities affect the response to the epidemic,
     and how this response can best contribute to increasing the benefits and reducing the drawbacks of globalization.

·         Science & Technology: how to transfer to the field and increase worldwide access to recent biomedical advances, technological
     innovations and improvements in public health policies in HIV prevention , treatment and support.

·         Health Systems Strengthening & Integration: how to strengthen broad-based health systems and integrate HIV interventions
     to deliver the necessary services to those in greatest need; and how HIV-targeted programs can reciprocally contribute to health
     systems strengthening and global health?

·         Stigma, Discrimination & Social Justice: how to combat stigma and discrimination against PLWHAS and groups more exposed
     to the risks of HIV infection, and to overcome existing barriers in access to HIV care and prevention, with a special interest in
      approaches that incorporate these goals within a social justice framework.

·         "Do the Right Thing" and Evidence-informed policies & Programmes: how to guarantee that public policies and interventions
     by all concerned partners are based on the best available evidence and on established good practices at the global, national and local levels.

·         Tracking Progress & Accountability: how to track the progress that has been made in the response, as well as the remaining
     gaps and limitations, in order to increase accountability of all partners towards the communities most affected by the epidemic.

The scientific vision and these themes will serve as a basis for building the abstracts

 

 

Timeline for Applications of FCH - PAHO WHO tutoring:

January 31         2008:   Deadline for submision of applications for tutoring

February  5        2008:   Selection of  proposals that would benefit of direct tutoring 

February  6-15    2008:    Tutoring proccess ( Two virtual meetings – Via Elluminate)

February  16- 19 2008:    Abstracts submission  BY AUTHORS to the International AIDS Conference to be held in Mexico City   

 

 Relevant information about the International AIDS Conference

19 February 2008
Abstract submission closes. Abstracts will not be accepted after this date (except for late breakers)

20 May 2008
Late breakers abstracts submission opens

16 June 2008
Late breakers abstracts submission closes

Selection Criteria for Tutoring

1. Applications are open to anyone who is working in the field of HIV/AIDS.
2. Applications must be related to any of the conference tracks
3. Submissiom must include personal data, title of abstract, presentation or poster, and a brief description

General Rules

-  The abstracts submitted are written by authors from the Region of the Americas or the topic is related to HIV/AIDS in the Americas  

- The abstract submitted to the mentor must be a final draft and follow the submission guidelines. The administrator of the mentor programme will return draft abstracts to the submitter if they do not follow the submission guidelines.

- Mentors will help the abstract submitters by answering questions on practical issues and formal requirements on the abstract, but not on the quality of the data collected or actual findings.

- Mentors will not make any changes for the abstract submitter.

- Mentors cannot  and will not indicate if he/she thinks that the abstract is likely to be selected or not.  

- Applicants must submit their revised abstracts to the Conference, PAHO does not assume the responsibility for doing it 

-  Applicants should receive an email response within 5 days of submitting your application

 

Toolkit of the International AIDS Conference:

A toolkit on preparing the best conference abstracts, presentations and posters is available
in English, French and Spanish for all abstract submitters’ use.

Contact Information:

Dr. Rafael Mazin, Regional Advisor on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care

Family and Community Healh Area -  PAHO/WHO 

Email: mex-aids-2008@paho.org 

Washington DC USA 
 
 

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