You may also download the abstract template: AAEH_abstract_template.doc

Introduction

The International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) in collaboration with the Government of Malawi and the University of Malawi welcomes the submission of abstracts for papers to be presented at the 2nd IFEH Africa Group All Africa Environmental Health Congress to be held in Lilongwe, Malawi from 24th – 27th May 2010. 

A combination of communication media will be used for the Congress. The main method will be oral and poster presentations organised in thematic sessions. Large group and plenary sessions will be included for major pertinent issues. In addition, the following techniques will be used:

• Focus group discussions
• Invited addresses
• Exhibitions
• Local field visits

 Congress Sub-Themes

•  Water and Sanitation
•  Food Safety
• Chemicals and Pesticides
• Environmental Remediation
• Community Development
• Data use and Information Management
• Environmental Pollution
• Disease Surveillance
• Port Health
• Disaster Management
• Community/Child Health
• Environment and Health
• Waste Management
• Policy and Legislation
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Research
• Environmental Health Training and Development
• Climate change
• Communicable diseases

Presentation

At the abstract submission, authors should choose ‘poster”, “oral” or either. However, not all accepted abstracts that choose “oral” at abstract submission will be scheduled for “oral session”. The abstracts from “Oral sessions” will be selected through committee’s review process. Accepted abstracts that are not scheduled for “oral sessions” may be scheduled for “poster sessions”
For oral presentations each speaker will have 15 minutes for presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion

Guidelines for abstracts

You may also download the abstract template: AAEH_abstract_template.doc

A.    Abstract format

• Abstract should be prepared by MS Word using font not smaller than 12 point
• Author and co-author(s) names, institutions/departments/organisations, are to be typed under the title. Underline the name of the presenting author and do not include degrees or professional titles
• The title of abstracts must be in CAPITAL letters not exceed 255 letters and the abstract text must contain not more than 250 words
• Abstract must be written in English and the text must be single-spaced. All margins should be 30 mm. Leave a blank line between paragraphs and do not indent paragraphs
• The use of tables and figures in abstract is discouraged

B.    Abstract content

• Objectives
• Study methods
• Results
• Conclusion
• Recommendations

C.    Abstract submission

Interested participants should submit abstracts on any of the sub-themes to

The Secretariat
WASHTED
University of Malawi - The Polytechnic,
P/B 303,
Chichiri,
Blantyre 3,Malawi.
Tel: +265 (0) 1877592: E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Deadline for the submission of abstracts and full papers is 30th October and 30th December, 2009, respectively.