Promotion of John Ataguba to Professor

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Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that John Ataguba, AfHEA’s Deputy Executive Director in charge of Capacity Building and member of the Board of Trustees has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor at the University of Cape Town’s School of Public Health and Family Medicine (Health Economics Unit). This is in recognition of his significant contributions to the University’s teaching, research and management and leadership. Congratulations Prof. Ataguba! We are proud to be associated with you. Regards, Grace, … Read More

Prof Justice Novignon and Prof. John Ataguba join AU’s ALM tracker subcommittee

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The African Union Commission in moving forward with the African Leadership Meeting (ALM) Declaration invited AfHEA to join the sub-committee on tracker in February 2020. The Tracker sub-committee was identified as an important source of expertise for the ALM Declaration implementation. The AfHEA representatives on the Tracker sub-committee are Prof. Justice Nonvignon, an Associate Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana and Prof John Ataguba an Associate Professor and Director of the Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town.

Prof. John Ele-Ojo Ataguba

Prof. John Ele-Ojo AtagubaExecutive Director, AfHEAJohn, the Executive Director of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) is an Economist, Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Health Economics at the University of Manitoba. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), a fellow for the Pan-African Scientific Research Council (PASRC), and a research fellow for the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) network. He has a PhD in Economics from … Read More

AfHEA appoints Prof. John Ele-Ojo Ataguba as the Executive Director (incoming)

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Following the successful conclusion of the recruitment drive for the position of AfHEA Executive Director, the rigorous recruitment process saw Prof. John Ele-Ojo Ataguba emerge as the most suited candidate out of the impressive pool of applicants for the role. Having accepted the offer put forth, he has subsequently been appointed by the Board of Trustees as the incoming Executive Director.

Happy New Year 2024! | 2023 End of Year Statement to AfHEA Members

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On behalf of the Board and Executive Committee and the Executive Director, Prof. John Ataguba of the African Health Economics & Policy Association (AfHEA), we would like to once again extend to you compliments of the New Year 2024! Click to watch the video below: It is equally our pleasure once again to bring you the report card on AfHEA’s work in the past year and its planned activities for this new year:  Thank you! AfHEA Secretariat

Championing Health Equality: Acknowledgement of the impact of @AfHEA_Africa’s Work by UNAIDS Special Advocate for Young Women and Adolescent Girls

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It is great to see the work of @AfHEA_Africa championed by our Executive Director, Prof. John Ataguba (@john_ataguba), and taken up by the First Lady of Namibia, Her Excellency, Monica Geingos (@FirstLadyNam), UNAIDS Special Advocate for Young Women and Adolescent Girls! According to the recent investigation headed by Professor John Ataguba, HIV/AIDS incidence and death rates are greater in nations with higher economic disparity. Therefore, inequality fuels pandemics, undermines remedies, obstructs access to healthcare, and violates human rights. Access the … Read More

Special Invitation to IDRC Webinar – October 25th, 2023

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You are specially invited to participate in the upcoming webinar organized by our funding partner IDRC. Theme: Challenges and opportunities for scaling vaccine manufacturing in Africa, and where research can helpDate: Wednesday October 25, 2023,  Time: 8:30-10:00am EDT/2.30pm-4:00pm CAT/12.30pm-2.00pm GMTVenue: Open Virtual SessionKindly register now to participate: https://forms.microsoft.com/r/jwEBavMGFw The Moderator for the webinar is Dr. Montasser Kamal, Director, Global Health program, IDRC with the keynote speaker on “The 60% goal and getting there” being Dr. Ahmed E Ogwell, Deputy Director, Africa CDC. Other key speakers include … Read More

2023 End of Year Statement to AfHEA Members

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Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Board and Executive Committee and the Executive Director, Prof. John Ataguba of the African Health Economics & Policy Association (AfHEA), I would like to extend to you compliments of the season and wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year in 2024! It is our pleasure once again to bring you the report card on AfHEA’s work in the past year and its planned activities for the new year.  Kindly find the attached document. … Read More

Registration for the ECOVA Webinar 2022 is open!

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Dear Colleagues, You are warmly invited to register and participate in this exciting webinar themed, “Guaranteeing equitable access to vaccines in Africa: is Africa ready for vaccine production?”. This webinar is under the “Equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccines in Africa (ECOVA)” project – a collaborative project between the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and funded by the International Development and Research Center (IDRC). ·         Date: Wednesday, … Read More

African Health Economics and Financing Capacity Forum

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The Executive Director, Prof. John Ataguba together with a team from AfHEA are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia addressing a variety of  African health sector stakeholders at the “African Health Economics and Financing Capacity Forum” hosted by the Africa CDC in partnership with AfHEA, SPARC Africa and Amref Health Africa from the 13th till the 15th of September, 2022. The Forum aims to promote the development of the health economics and health financing sector in Africa and brings together key stakeholders … Read More