{"id":4925,"date":"2026-02-01T11:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/?post_type=event_listing&#038;p=4925"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:25:47","slug":"2026-abstract-submission-guidelines","status":"expired","type":"event_listing","link":"https:\/\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/event\/2026-abstract-submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Abstract Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All abstracts must be submitted through the conference website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asou.or.ug\">www.asou.or.ug<\/a>. Abstracts submitted via email or hard copies will not be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important Deadlines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submission: 28th\/02\/2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review: 3rd\/03\/2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acceptance: 7th\/02\/2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Guide for submission:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abstracts must be submitted in <strong>English<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The deadline for abstracts submission is <strong>17:00HRS (EAT) on the 28th February 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authors must indicate their preference for <strong>ORAL or POSTER<\/strong> presentation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstracts must include the complete Surnames and First names of every author (indicating the presenter and the order of the authors), Institution, Country, and email address. The number of authors must not exceed <strong>8 (eight)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All co-authors must agree with the results stated and have consented to be included as authors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must mention if the material within your abstract has been presented at other national or international meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Scientific Committee assumes that studies involving humans or animals, or material derived from them, was approved by an institutional ethics committee, and you need to confirm this when submitting the abstract.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authors must specify any relationship (employment, consulting, fees, conference fees, classes, courses, commercial shares, or copyright) they may have with any organisation with direct or indirect financial interest in the topic or the materials dealt within the presentation. If there is a conflict of interest, authors must indicate this at the end of their abstract.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstract of empirical studies, secondary analysis, and systematic reviews should be structured as follows:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Background<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aims<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methods (design, data collection, analysis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conclusion\/Discussion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Surgery Significance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstracts for non-empirical work should be structured as folows:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aims or goal of the work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design, methods and approach taken<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conclusion\/Lessons Learned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/app.oxfordabstracts.com\/stages\/81351\/submitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Abstract<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asou.or.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026_20Abstract_20Guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Payment-option.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Payment-option.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Payment-option.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Payment-option.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Payment-option.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Payment-option.jpeg?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4903,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_listing_category":[51],"event_listing_type":[],"class_list":["post-4925","event_listing","type-event_listing","status-expired","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_listing_category-asou-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 Abstract Submission Guidelines - Association of Surgeons of Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All abstracts must be submitted through the conference website www.asou.or.ug. 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