98.03 Validation and testing of the self-assessment tool for public health education in sub-saharan African countries/AfriHealth network

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Andrija Stampar (The Hilton Istanbul Hotel )
Kuku Voyi University of Pretoria, South Africa
AfriHealth aims to increase public health capacity in and for Africa through generating an evidence-based and well-resourced network of institutions and individuals with sufficient scientific and political credibility to enable it to contribute substantially to the improvement of public health in Africa in a sustainable manner, and to stimulate continental health action in which priorities for Africa will, in the first instance, be determined by Africa itself. AfriHealth secretariat is based at the School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa. SHSPH supports the Public Health Education Taskforce and its activities in Africa. SHSPH facilitates validation and testing of the institutional self assessment tool for public health education institutions in Africa.

Learning Objectives: To introduce Public Health education and training in Africa, including the AfriHealth project.