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AFREhealth Symposium Summary - Africa Health Journal

AFREhealth Symposium 2019
The third AFREhealth symposium was held in Lagos, Nigeria, 5-9 August 2019. It was hosted by the Universities of Ibadan and Lagos and their Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Nigeria (MEPIN) partners.
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UNGA Education Side Event

Prof Francis Omaswa represented AFREhealth at the United Nations General Assembly Side event in NYC.
SUMMATION; Side event “Transforming health workforce education to meet evolving needs and achieve Universal Health Coverage”
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A Call for Bi-Directional, Student Elective Exchange Pilot between AFREhealth and CUGH Member Institutions

On  March  15,  2018,  The  AFREhealth  and  CUGH  leadership  organized  a  Satellite  session  at  the Hilton  Hotel  in  New  York  City,  USA prior  to  the 2018 CUGH  Conference. The name of this Satellite session was, “AFREhealth  and  CUGH:  Plotting  an  Actionable  Path Forward for Collaborative Partnerships”. The outcome from this session was the formation of the AFREhealth-CUGH Working Group (ACWG), an initiative to consolidate a partnership between both organizations that would focus on particular areas of collaboration; define clear terms of reference,and develop plans to initiate the work.  The ACWG identified three pillars as:
a) Health professions education for  health  systems  strengthening; 
b)  Research  and  Leadership; 
c)  Student  Exchanges.

Report on Afya Bora Meeting

Nairobi Kenya, 31st May & 1st June 2019.

The Afya Bora Consortium invited AFREhealth to speak at the Mid-Fellowship Meeting for the Afya Bora Consortium Fellowship in Global Health Leadership which is supported by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and PEPFAR. The meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya at the Fairview Hotel on May 31st and June 1st, 2019 and Prof. Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde, AFREhealth Secretary represented AFREhealth. It was a delight to represent AFREhealth at this meeting and tell them about the AFREhealth activities and vision for Africa. 

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