The Department of Family Medicine & Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana presents the 8th Botswana Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Conference.

The theme for this year’s conference is

Worldwide, about one in six people live with a disability. People living with disability in Botswana, like in many countries, face  widespread barriers in accessing health care and related services. These include physically inaccessible health care institutions, negative attitudes of healthcare providers and denial of treatment on grounds of disability. Primary healthcare providers are well placed to identify,care and meet the health needs of those with neurosensorial, physical, psychosocial disabilities and other mental health conditions .

This year’s theme aims to enable primary healthcare providers to contribute to achieving optimal health, functioning, well-being and human rights for all persons with disabilities in keeping  with the WHO 2030 call for action health care systems to provide rehabilitation. The advent of  Covid-19 and its sequale underscore the need for primary care to strengthen its approach to rehabilition.

Speakers will include health care practitioners, academics, researchers and students from the SADC region and beyond.

We are calling for abstracts from local and international researchers for consideration of inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Abstracts may be either oral presentations or posters and should follow the guideline below. Only abstracts reporting on recent research findings and clinical updates in primary health care as well as those addressing the theme of the conference will be considered. Abstracts should include the following headings:

●      Background: Brief description of the study and motivation for the research

●      Objectives: Indicate purpose and objectives for the study

●      Methods: Outline the study design used including settings, population and data analysis approach

●      Results: Present summarized results from the study

●      Discussion: Brief discussion of the main findings of the study

Instructions:

Font: A standard font, e.g. Time new roman, Arial .., should be used when formatting the text.

Poster Size: A1, Height: 841mm Width: 594mm. (Maximum)

Word Limits: The abstract text body is limited to 300 words including the title.

Submission: All abstracts should be sent to fmphconference@ub.ac.bw

A confirmation email will be sent to the abstract submitter upon receipt.

Deadline for submission is 30 June 2023. Submitting authors will be notified of acceptance of abstracts through email by 21 July 2023.