Hello Tekle-Ab!
Great to hear from you again. The deadline for the abstracts is set by the ICASA organizers and not us. What we are requesting is for those Projects (or individuals) who may have something which they have been working on and they think they can submit during that deadline period. We understand that not everyone/project may find this possible. However, for those who can, we should try not to miss this opportunity to showcase Abt work in the area of HIV/AIDS.
Best regards,
John.
Dr. John Stephen Osika,MD,MPH,MHMPP,CCST,FFPH,
Principal Associate,Senior HIV/AIDS/Communicable Diseases Advisor,
Abt Associates,
4550 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 800 North,
Bethesda, MD 20814,
U.S.A.
Phone: +1 (301)347-5343.
Fax: +1(301)828-9829.
From: Habtemichael Tekle-Ab
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:58 AM
To: John Osika; All IHD Field
Subject: RE: HIV/AIDS - ICASA - Dec 7-11 - South Africa - Abstract Submission Deadline June 20
Dear John Osika,
Many greetings from Ethiopia!
If the deadline you put below is real; I don’t think it is realistic to write an abstract in 08 days. Unless you did a some kind of communication in the past which I am not aware?
Best,
Tekle-Ab Zaid, MD | Senior Policy Advisor, USAID| Private Health Sector Program | Abt Associates
Haile Gabreselassie Avenue | Addis Ababa, P.O.Box 2372 Code 1250
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From: John Osika
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 10:37 PM
To: All IHD Field
Subject: HIV/AIDS - ICASA - Dec 7-11 - South Africa - Abstract Submission Deadline June 20
Importance: High
Dear All Abt IHD,
This year’s International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) is being held in Cape Town, South Africa from December 7-11.
The deadline for abstract submissions is Thursday June 20. Abstracts must be in English or French. There are 5 tracks for submission:
Track A: Basic Science
Track B: Clinical Science, Treatment and Care
Track C: Epidemiology and Prevention Science
Track D: Social Science, Human Rights and Political Science
Track E: Health Systems, Economics and Implementation Science
All of the details can be found on the ICASA website: http://www.icasa2013southafrica.org/
The HIV/AIDS Technical Working Group has funding to support a few participants. If you would like to apply for funding through the HIV/AIDS TWG please submit your completed abstract to John Osika (John_Osika@abtassoc.com) and Katherine Brouhard (Katherine_Brouhard@abtassoc.com) by CoB Monday June 17 for consideration. Note that each author will be responsible for actually submitting the abstract by the June 20th deadline.
If you are going to submit an abstract through your project it does not need to be reviewed by the HIV/AIDS TWG but please do send it to us for us to have in the TWG records. The HIV/AIDS TWG is considering options now for how to represent Abt as a whole during the conference and we want to make sure we capture everyone’s good work.
Best Regards,
John.
Dr. John Stephen Osika,MD,MPH,MHMPP,CCST,FFPH,
Principal Associate,Senior HIV/AIDS/Communicable Diseases Advisor,
Abt Associates,
4550 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 800 North,
Bethesda, MD 20814,
U.S.A.
Phone: +1 (301)347-5343.
Fax: +1(301)828-9829.