Africa
The FPH Africa Special Interest Group (SIG) has been established to represent the response and contribution of health professionals towards the development and implementation of effective and sustainable solutions to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of people in Africa.
The goal of the Africa SIG is to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of people in Africa.
The Africa SIG will do this through:
- Advocating for health-focused public policies across African countries
- Strengthening African public health systems by sharing and supporting solutions to build the capacity and capability of these systems (public health and other healthcare systems such as quality and patients' safety in secondary care)
- Offering a charitable provision of expert and skilled public health consultancy (volunteering consultancy 1) to governments and non-governmental organisations on public health development in African countries
- Offering two-way channels of communication and being a credible and independent voice for advice, support and guidance on public health developments in Africa
- Providing peer support and mentoring to each other, contributing to the requirements of recognised continuous professional development.
Previous webinar recordings
In Autumn 2023, the FPH Africa SIG launched an engagement exercise with our Faculty Fellows and Members based in Africa. There was a deep interest to connect, engage, and build on the strong relationships we share. In the spirit of bidirectional learning, the Africa SIG is leading a series of webinars in 2024 to showcase our Members and Fellows, with the aim to grow our network and impact.
The first webinar of this series took place on 1 February 2024 to provide an overview and the vision of the SIG, welcome new SIG members, and discuss opportunities for engagement.
Knowledge exchange webinar on globally relevant lessons learnt in the implementation of competency-based education and training for a strengthened public health workforce across Africa and beyond, hosted on 13 April 2023.
The FPH and South Africa CPHM's 'Bilateral knowledge exchange on approaches to public health specialist workforce training South Africa and UK' webinar took place on 23 March 2023.
Africa SIG resources
- Tobacco supply and demand strategies used in African countries
- Infection prevention and control in primary care: a toolkit of resources
Join the Africa SIG
The Africa SIG is co-chaired by Dr Victor Joseph: victor.joseph@doncaster.gov.uk. The group reports to the Faculty's Global Health Committee.
FPH members can join this SIG by logging into their FPH members’ portal account, selecting the ‘Committees/SIGs’ button and choosing the correct SIG. You will then be asked to provide a few details, following which your application will be automatically approved. Further details on FPH membership are available here.
