The Scientific Programme Committee invites clinicians, researchers, allied health professionals, and policymakers, to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations.

Why Submit?

• Share Africa-focused research to support capacity building and collaboration across the continent

• Contribute to evidence-based policy and practice

• Engage with experts in travel medicine

Submissions from African-based investigators, early-career professionals, and multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged.

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Important dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2026

• Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2026

• Presenter registration deadline: 30 June 2026.

  • Please note: To ensure program integrity, abstracts will be approved only after presenter registration is confirmed.
     

Scope and topics

All areas of travel medicine will be considered, including:

• Antimicrobial resistance

• Arboviral and vector-borne diseases

• Climate and planetary health / One Health

• Clinical case reports and case series

• Ethics, equity and capacity strengthening

• Malaria and other parasitic infections

• Migrant, refugee, and displaced populations

• Neglected tropical diseases

• Occupational and humanitarian travel

• Pre- / during / post-travel care

• Psychological health

• Surveillance and outbreak response

• Travel-associated infectious diseases

• Vaccine-preventable diseases and immunisation strategies