ACHEST at the African Business Health Forum 2019 in Addis Ababa

Dr. David Okello, Director of Non Communicable Diseases and Healthy Ageing at the African Centre for Global Health and Dr. David Okello posing with Dr. Margaret Agama-Anyetei  Head of Division Health Nutrition and Population Department AU Social Affairs1Dr. David Okello posing with Dr. Margaret Agama-Anyetei Head of Division Health Nutrition and Population Department AU Social Affairs1Social Transformation participated in the African Business Health Forum 2019 in Addis Ababa on the 12th February 2019to create strategic reach out for ACHEST and Africa Health Journal.
Dr. Okello met a cross section of business practitioners and health managers from various levels; as well as Head of Division Health, Nutrition and Population at AU Department of Social Affairs, Regional Director/AFRO and her team, and representatives of the DG/WHO also attended the meeting.
The meeting provided an excellent opportunity for strategic reach out to business experts and health leaders from different levels.
At the meeting, African Business Coalition for Health (ABCHealth) was launched targeting private sector investments in health in Africa.
ACHEST will reach out and strengthen ongoing arrangements to advance Africa’s health and wellness sector potential to create jobs using Africa Health journal, to publish articles which raise understanding and knowledge at policy level about business potentials in health in Africa and the contributions the Public Private Partnership can make.
A key recommendation to follow through after the Forum is to develop and widely disseminateliterature to raise awareness about business opportunities in health promotion and wellness sector as the discussion at ABCHealth seems biased to opportunities on disease interventions and those related to the welfare of sick persons. This will be an avenue for advocacy and sharing of critical health information.