AFREhealth is an independent body that emerged from the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI) which were funded by PEPFAR-NIH and awarded to selected African medical, nursing and health science schools.

Statement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 12 February 2020.

The meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) to review the current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took place on Wednesday, 12 February 2020, from 14:00 to 16:45 Geneva time (CEST).

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Yvette Boakye is joining AFREhealth on February 1, 2020 as Finance Manager following 12 years with Kumasi Institute of Technology, Energy and Environment (KITE) as Head of Finance and Administration. She is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana. She is also a member of the Audit Committee of Manhyia Government Hospital and a member of the Association of women accountants Ghana (AWAG).

Yvette has over 18 years’ experience in providing professional services across a broad range of finance areas including compliance, business process, accounting, auditing, financial reporting and grant financial management. In addition to her tenure at KITE, she had held various finance and accounting positions working with Cedar Point Company Ltd, Asante Wiredu and Associates (Chartered Accountants), Precious Metals Refinery and Schneider Electric Ghana Ltd.