Improving the quality of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through pre-service training, research, and evidence-based clinical care delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa

• All abstracts must be submitted using the online submission process.

• Abstracts must be research or practice-oriented and relevant to contraception, abortion and/or SRHR.

• Abstracts must not have been previously published in a journal or presented at a scientific conference. Research work previously presented internally at hospital, university or organizational meetings will be considered, but abstract submitters should disclose this information at the time of submission.

• Prior to submitting or presenting your oral e-poster presentation, all activities involving human subjects or vertebrate animals must be approved by an appropriate institutional review board (IRB) or equivalent.

• The presenting and corresponding author should be the same person. All correspondences will be by email. Acceptance notifications will be sent in early June.

Formatting Requirements

• The abstract title should concisely and clearly convey the subject of the abstract.

• Capitalize only the first word of the title and any proper nouns or acronyms.

• The submission must include the following sections:

  • Background
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions
  
  

• The abstract must not exceed 500 words (excluding title, authors, affiliations, and section headings).

• Trade names should not be used.

• Tables, graphs, and charts are not permitted.

• Depending on the volume of submissions, the program subcommittee may not be able to honor all preferences for oral or poster presentations; some proposals not accepted for oral presentation may be considered for poster presentation, with the agreement of the submitter.

Awards

Awards are given for both oral and e-poster presentations.

• All presenters of oral abstracts are eligible to receive first, second, or third place awards for outstanding research.
• Presenters of e-poster abstracts are eligible to receive first, second, or third place awards for best e-poster.
• Certificates of Participation will be given to all oral and e-poster presenters via email at the end of the conference.