Dear AFREhealth Colleague,

It gives me great pleasure to   reach out to you as we near the end of the year 2021 and prepare to enter a new year. At this time of the year, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our success possible. We appreciate your support and participation in AFREhealth activities throughout the year.  

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Dear AFREhealth Colleague,

Kindly, we bring to the notice of the AFREhealth Community that following the resolution of the Annual General Meeting on 30 November, 2021, the name of the Organization will be amended to include the suffix “Limited By Guarantee”.

This is in accordance with the requirement of the new Companies ACT 2019 (ACT 992) that all Private Companies Limited By Guarantee must either have LBG or Limited By Guarantee as the new suffix.

AFREhealth has thus amended its name to African Forum for Research and Education in Health Limited By Guarantee.

This change will reflect on all official documents.

Thank you

David Olufemi OLALEYE, DVM, Ph.D, FAAS was a Professor of Virology at the University of Ibadan  and Consultant Virologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. He was born on July 21, 1954 in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria to the family of Mr James and Mrs Esther Olaleye, He joined the service of the University of Ibadan immediately after his NYSC in 1982 as Resident Veterinary Officer (Pathology) and later was appointed Lecturer I in the Department of Virology, College of Medicine of same University in 1986 where he rose through the ranks of Senior Lecturer (1989) to Professor of Virology in 1995. Until his death on July 27 2021, Professor Olaleye was Director, WHO National Influenza Centre, University College Hospital, Director, HIV Laboratory, Department of Virology, UCH; Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA and a Member of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force.

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The African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth) announces for the information of all its Members that the 1^st Annual General Meeting (AGM), has been scheduled as follows:

Type:  VIRTUAL AGM
Date: Thursday 5^th August, 2021
Time: 8:00 AM GMT, 9:00 AM WAST;10:00 AM SAST; CAT; 11:00 AM EAT

Members are encouraged to Register here: https://afrehealth-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsd-uoqDosE9UCULDBLthIKCjnlgNWWLel

The AGM will provide updates on AFREhealth activities, discuss membership and share future plans for the organization.
Thank you

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Professor Peter Donkor, a full Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana has been inducted into office as the 31^st President of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) during its just ended Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference held in Cotonou, Benin Republic from 14 -16 June, 2021. He will serve a 2-year term till 2023.

Professor Donkor has previously served as the first President of AFREhealth and is currently a member of the AFREhealth Governing Council. He comes into this new role with several years of leadership experience.

The AFREhealth Governing Council and the entire AFREhealth Community warmly congratulate Professor Peter Donkor and wish him a successful tenure. 

This call is for institutions that are interested in hosting the AFREhealth Annual Symposium.

Roles of the Host

1. Take overall responsibility for all arrangements towards the symposium including procurement of services, conference venue, logistics and supplies, and scientific program
2. Constitute a team who will form the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) to assist with preparations for the symposium. The LOC must commit time on a monthly basis to plan and organize logistics of the conference
3. Mobilize resources for the successful organization of the symposium.

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The late scientist Dr James Hakim will be memorialized through an annual award to be established in his name, supported by @AFREHealth, @CUGHnews & Fogarty. Each year the James G Hakim award will provide an African health trainee or early-career health professional with funding to cover registration & travel to the annual CUGH meeting, where they will be recognized for their achievements. The inaugural award will be given in 2022.

Link: https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/Pages/2021-award-established-to-honor-james-hakim.aspx