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AFREhealth Annual Symposium

AFREhealth Annual Symposium

Join AFREhealth for their 7th Annual AFREhealth Symposium from August 6-8, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. The African Forum for Research and Education in Health Limited by Guarantee (AFREhealth) is an interprofessional health professional network that works to improve the quality of health care in Africa through research, education and capacity building. The theme of this symposium is ‘Progress towards SDGs in Africa: Celebrating Milestones and Overcoming Challenges’, and will provide an avenue for constructive exchange of innovative ideas, sharing of experiences and best practices, promoting research, building of lasting partnerships for improved health care in Africa and networking.

Integrate Series: Insights from Decentralizing, Differentiating and Integration Service Delivery Approaches

Integrate Series: Insights from Decentralizing, Differentiating and Integration Service Delivery Approaches

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Join Alliance member PSI for a webinar series that presents insights from the Integrate Project, which focuses on integrating voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) into government structures and financing mechanisms, strengthening public sector capacity, and supporting the long-term sustainability of Zimbabwe’s VMMC program. This webinar will provide insights on decentralizing, differentiating and integration service delivery approaches.

Leveraging Innovation to Advance UHC in Africa

Leveraging Innovation to Advance UHC in Africa

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Join African Health Business (AHB) for the Leveraging Innovation to Advance UHC in Africa Conference from June 26-27, 2025 in Lagos, Nigeria. AHB will convene health sector leaders from across the continent in Lagos to discuss strategies for accelerating the achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The conference will focus on enhancing government funding for healthcare, advancing regulatory harmonization efforts, and leveraging the growing interest of the private sector in Africa.

Improving Access to Tools that Detect Severe Illness

Improving Access to Tools that Detect Severe Illness

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Join Alliance member PATH for the opportunity to review key findings and learnings from the Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) project. Tools like Pulse Oximeters empower health workers to identify critically ill children and refer them for treatment without delay. TIMCI is a Unitaid-funded initiative led by PATH, in partnership with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and local research partners in India (Uttar Pradesh), Kenya, Senegal, and Tanzania. Between 2019 and 2024, the TIMCI project worked in collaboration with the country governments to improve access to affordable and appropriate tools to help health care providers identify and manage children who are severely ill.

International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease

International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease

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Join Alliance member UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute in collaboration with the University of Sierra Leone for the first International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease. The Symposium on July 29-30 will bring and expose leaders in the international infectious disease community from within Africa and beyond, together in Freetown, Sierra Leone to describe the state of the art in infectious disease research on a number of key pathogens relevant to the region. Workshops will follow on July 31-August 3.