• Group photo after Opening ceremony of the Regional Policy Dialogue on HWF in Accra Ghana todayGroup photo after Opening ceremony of the Regional Policy Dialogue on HWF in Accra Ghana today
  • Miami International Conference on the Future of Health Professionals Education ended as great success. With champions Chen Frenk Evans Fineberg Garcia and OmaswaMiami International Conference on the Future of Health Professionals Education ended as great success. With champions Chen Frenk Evans Fineberg Garcia and Omaswa
  • ACHEST and Board Memebers bid farewell Carol Natukunda the out-going Communication SpecialistACHEST and Board Memebers bid farewell Carol Natukunda the out-going Communication Specialist
  • ACHEST Staff take a photo during the send off of Imamura Mariko the JICA oficialACHEST Staff take a photo during the send off of Imamura Mariko the JICA oficial
  • Prof. Francis Omaswa with members of the Uganda Medical Association and medical interns after meeting President Museveni in June 2021.v1Prof. Francis Omaswa with members of the Uganda Medical Association and medical interns after meeting President Museveni in June 2021.v1
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  • ACHEST Staff pose for a group Photo after the first face-to-face meeting after COVID-19ACHEST Staff pose for a group Photo after the first face-to-face meeting after COVID-19
  • JICA 2 Agreement Assigning at ACHEST OfficesJICA 2 Agreement Assigning at ACHEST Offices
  • ACHEST Ministry of Health and Director Mulago hospital during the launch of the Intern Hand BookACHEST Ministry of Health and Director Mulago hospital during the launch of the Intern Hand Book
  • With AFREHEALTH and ECSAWith AFREHEALTH and ECSA
  • Group photo after the Opening ceremony of the Regional Policy Dialogue on HWF in Accra Ghana.
  • Miami International Conference on the Future of Health Professionals Education ended as a great success. With champions Chen Frenk Evans Fineberg Garcia and Omaswa.
  • ACHEST and Board Members bid farewell to Carol Natukunda the out-going Communication Specialist
  • ACHEST Staff take a photo during the send-off of Imamura Mariko the JICA official
  • Prof. Francis Omaswa with members of the Uganda Medical Association and medical interns after meeting President Museveni in June 2021.
  • HEPI SYMPOSIUM Makerere2
  • ACHEST Staff pose for a group photo after the first face-to-face meeting after COVID-19
  • JICA 2 Agreement Assigning at ACHEST Offices
  • ACHEST Ministry of Health and Director Mulago hospital during the launch of the Intern Hand Book
  • With AFREHEALTH and ECSA

Welcome to ACHEST

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The African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST) is an initiative promoted by a network of African and international leaders in health and development. It is an independent Think Tank and a network.

There is now abundant evidence to show that past and current efforts at identifying and implementing solutions that are handed down from outside and are not rooted in the history and culture of Africa have faced some difficulties.

Ownership of these solutions by African countries and populations has repeatedly failed to take root and as the result such solutions have not achieved their full potential and, in some cases, they have done more harm than good.

At continental and country level, ACHEST aspires to strategically promote and advocate for the use of well grounded knowledge and evidence to strengthen professionals and build institutional capacity that will provide transformational leadership to African communities, countries and the world.

ACHEST applies constructive and targeted strategic communication at all levels to catalyze the needed behavior change that will result in stronger ownership and implementation capacity for proven interventions and better health for Africa's people.

To achieve this, ACHEST will forge strategic alliances and partnerships with individuals and organizations within Africa and around the world.

NEAPACOH-meeting-flyerNEAPACOH-meeting-flyerThe ACHEST’s Director of Policy and Strategy, Dr. Patrick Kadama gave a keynote address at the 13th meeting of the Network of African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH).
The annual meeting, which took place between 27 – 29 October 2021, was held under the theme “the role of parliamentarians in driving sustained programs for the achievement of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
In his address, Dr. Kadama highlighted four important messages:
• Decolonize global Health governance
• Building capacities of African institutions
• Tailor African Health Workforce to population needs in Africa
• Strengthening South-South collaboration (A detailed opinion piece has been published in the Africa Health Journal, October 2021 Issue AH-2021-10-07-opinion.pdf (africa-health.com)
Dr. Kadama’s full address is also available on this link: (http://www.partners-popdev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/KeyNote-Accelerating-the-achievement-of-the-unfinished-agenda-of-the-ICPD-goals-and-SDGs-during-and-post-COVID-19-Pandemic-through-South-South-Cooperation-Dr.-Kadama-ACHEST.pdf
The NEAPACOH meeting also discussed and shared progress and country experiences regarding the implementation of the 2019 NEAPACOH country commitments and the “2018 Kampala Call to Action” amidst the COVID 19 pandemic. A 2021 Kampala Call to Action was adopted. It commits amongst other actions, to adopting and strengthening South-South Cooperation to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, lessons learned, and good practices in the field of population and development and calls upon Governments, UN agencies and international organizations, donors, the private sectors, and other relevant stakeholders to commit more investments to accelerate the achievement of the unfinished agenda of the ICPD and SDGs on the continent.
(Find all resources from the NEAPACOH – 2021 meeting, on the PPD website: http://www.partners-popdev.org/aro-news-and-events/the-13th-network-of-african-parliamentary-committees-of-health-neapacoh-2021-meeting-28-29-october-2021/