African Association for Health Professions Education and Research

Status: No plans to recompete at this time

Program Overview

The African Association for Health Professions Education and Research builds on the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI). The Association will serve as an interprofessional leadership and convening organization to network health professional educators and researchers across Africa to jointly develop, disseminate and/or share best practices, innovations, curricula and policy, and to engage in joint activities that will increase the quantity, quality and retention of African health professionals to improve health and to address the crisis in HIV/AIDS and its comorbidities on the continent.

Award

African Association for Health Professions Education and Research
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
with University of Ibadan, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Stellenbosch University
Principal investigators: Drs. Nelson K. Sewankambo, Prisca Adejumo, Jean Bisimwa Nachega and Fatima Suleman

Inquiries

Flora N. Katz, Ph.D.
Director, Division of International Training and Research
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, B2C39
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220 USA
Phone: 301-402-9591
Fax: (301) 402-0779
Email: flora.katz@nih.gov

Partners

The program is supported by the U.S. Department of State's Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy.

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Related World Regions / Countries

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Middle East and North Africa

Related Global Health Research Topics

• Mentoring and mentorship training

Last Updated: 10/22/2024 9:37 AM