ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The theme for the 27^th AHSC will be:
Theme: "Strengthening resource capacity and transfer of adequate technology for an integrated development in Africa"

Objectives of the congress

• Promote research relevant to the diseases found in and particular to Africa.
• Identify and evaluate old and existing technologies for health care in Africa.
• Describe technologies used elsewhere that have potential for transfer in Africa.
• Articulate experimental technologies with potential for developing countries.
• Exploring IKS and its interface with other knowledge systems in the field of health, food and environment.
• Expose cost-effective ways of attracting and empowering young researchers.
• Strengthening the international lobbying of governments on certain African health issues.

Topics to be covered include:

• Avian Flu
• Bioinformatics and information systems
• Cancer and inflammatory diseases
• Cardiovascular epidemiology
• Dentistry and oral health
• Diarrhoeal diseases
• Environmental and Occupational Health
• Epidemiology and Issues in Public Health
• Food technologies and nutrition in Africa
• Genetics and gene therapy
• Haematology and blood transfusions
• Health education and behavioural research
• Health systems and policy
• HIV/AIDS and opportunistic diseases
• Intellectual property and access to medicines
• Malaria and insecticides
• Medical statistics and biostatistics
• Medical technologies and laboratory techniques
• Microbiology and control of infectious diseases
• Molecular Medicine
• Neglected diseases and orphan medicines
• Non-communicable diseases (Diabetes,…etc)
• Nursing and Home-based care
• Parasitology and parasitic diseases
• Pharmacoeconomics and Health economics
• Pharmacognosy and drug discovery
• Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance
• Proteonics and metabolonics
• Quality management in health
• Reproduction and Maternal Health
• Toxicology and Injury
• Traditional and herbal medicine
• Traditional healing and IKS
• Virology and viral diseases (Hepatitis, ..etc)
• Zoonoses and veterinary medicine