THE EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA COLLEGE OF NURSING

Announces
10TH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS 5-7 SEPTEMBER 2012

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON) and its partners are organizing the 10th Scientific Conference to be held in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 5-7 September 2012 Theme: Acceleration Towards Attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Through Revitalizing Primary Health Care: Nurses and Midwives Sharing High Impact Interventions.

Sub-themes 1. Improving Maternal and Child Health: Moving Towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Scaling up Essential New Born Care to achieve MDG 4 Mitigating the impact of unsafe abortion Strengthening partnerships for securing reproductive health supplies and commodities Improving Child Health and Nutrition Health Systems Strengthening Advocating for nursing and midwifery practice which is in line with the current trends Utilizing Nursing and Midwifery Regulation as a tool towards patients safety and improvement of patients quality of care. Innovations and Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Advocating for best practices in the region which are evidence based. Sharing innovative ways to nursing and midwifery education and training Improving access to mental health services which are of high quality.

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Evidence based Primary Health Care Practices /Approaches Mitigating the impact of Infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB Enhancing linkage between research and practice for better health results: Translating research into public health practice to reduce maternal and child mortality Addressing the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and re- emerging diseases.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (Please submit your abstract.) Deadline: 30th April, 2012 Send abstract to: [hrdcb@ecsa.or.tz] ABSTRACT COVER PAGE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Circle one: Mr. / Mrs. / Ms / Dr / Prof First Name: __ __________________________ Last/Surname: _ __________________ Job title: _______________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________ City: ___________State: _______ Country: _______________Postal code:__________ Office Phone: _____________ Mobile Phone: __________________Fax: ___________ E-Mail(s):__ ____________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Abstracts should be no longer than 600 words 2. The abstract should be written in English 3. Prepare the abstract in MS Word 4. State whether the abstract is an Oral or Poster presentation 5. State the type of Audio Visual equipment required for the presentation 6. Have all contact DETAILS (e-mail, Fax, telephone clearly stated) 6. Provide short BIODATA of key Presenter/s (10-15 lines) ABSTRACT FORMAT _________________________________________________________ For Research Papers Title Author/s- underline the name of the presenter/s Institutional Affiliation Address (Please include e-mail address) Background Objectives Methods Results Conclusions, policy/programme implications _________________________________________________________ For Projects and Best Practices Title Author/s- underline the name of the presenter/s Institutional Affiliation Address (Please include e-mail address) 2

Background Objectives Description of the project Lessons learned Policy and programme implications _________________________________________________________ Specify: Preferred mode of presentation: oral, poster Audio-visual equipment needed: Multimedia projector, LCD, TV/Video, Overhead Projector. If you have any questions about the Conference Programme and Presentations, please contact the following people: Ms. Sheillah Matinhure: smatinhure@ecsa.or.tz Mr Alphonce Kalula: akalula@ecsa.or.tz

ECSACON Contact Details: East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community Plot 157 Oloirien, Njiro Road P. O. Box 1009 Arusha, Tanzania Tel + 255 27 254 9362; 254 9365/6 Fax + 255 27 254 9392 Website: www.ecsahc.org

Conference registration fees ECSACON Members $70 ECSACON Non-members from region $200 ECSACON Non members outside the region $300

Information regarding venue and accommodation will be communicated later through our website.