The IeDEA global publication about stunting and growth velocity of adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV was featured in NAM’s aidsmap newsletter.

Read the NAM aidsmap newsletter article here

During ICASA, the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) is holding a scientific writing workshop: Publish or Perish: How to Write and Submit a Research Manuscript.

This interactive workshop aims to build skills in scientific writing and provides practical information to support new- and early-career HIV researchers, as well as more experienced researchers, in successfully submitting their manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals.

Date: Monday, 2 December 2019
Time:  08:30 – 12:30 (free lunch included)
Location: Lemigo Hotel, KG 624 St, Kigali, Rwanda

Attendance is free of charge but registration is required as space is limited.

Register here until November 22, 2019

 

 

The Abstract Mentor Programme (AMP) offers support to less experienced researchers and/or researchers from resource-limited settings, giving them a rare opportunity to improve their abstracts and increase the likelihood of their work being accepted for the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020) programme.

Deadline to submit your abstract is December 19, 2019. For more information, visit the AMP website or contact mentor@aids2020.org.

Johannesburg, October 30-31 2019

Dr Reshma Kassanjee, IeDEA-SA team member and researcher at the University of Cape Town (UCT) School of Public Health and Family Medicine will travel to Tokyo, Japan, during March 2020 to attend the 12th HOPE Meeting.

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Abstract submission for IWHOD 2020 opens on November 1, 2019. The 24th International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases will be held in Sitges, Spain from March 26-28, 2020.

Important timelines:

• Abstract submission opens: Friday, November 1, 2019
• Abstract submission deadline: Monday, December 2, 2019 (18.00 GMT)
• Abstract selection and final programme by Scientific Committee: mid-January 2020
• Abstract status will be notified by late January February 2020

For more information visit the IWHOD webpage.

Kara Wools-Kaloustian, MD, MS, has been named co-director of research (North America) for the AMPATH partnership and director of research for the Indiana University Center for Global Health (IUCGH). Wools-Kaloustian was in the first IU School of Medicine residency class to complete rotations at Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya in 1991 and the first fellow to conduct research as part of the partnership in 1992.

https://www.ampathkenya.org/news-blog-feed/2019/9/6/wools-kaloustian-named-ampath-north-american-co-director-of-research

The 23rd International AIDS Conference will take place in San Francisco and Oakland from July 6-10, 2020.

Early registration is now open. For more information visit AIDS2020.

IeDEA investigators from all African regions will meet in Johannesburg from October 30-31 2019 for the 3rd All Africa Meeting. The focus of this meeting will be on fostering early career investigators, sharing knowledge and methods and developing multiregional research collaborations.

We invite early career investigators to submit an abstract for a session on day 1 (30 Oct). The submission deadline is 7 October.

Important to note, this does not have to be a new abstract – it can be one that has been recently presented at a conference.

More information about the conference and the submission link can be found here.

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