AfHEA Call for Papers for IHEA Congress Special Issues

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Gentle reminder AfHEA in collaboration with the International Health Economics Association (IHEA) is excited to announce a call for papers for two journal special issues linked to the IHEA Congress, one in collaboration with Social Science and Medicine (SSM) and the other with Social Science and Medicine Health Systems (SSM HS). We are pleased to invite all eligible AfHEA members to submit papers based on research presented at the 15th World Congress on Health Economics, which was held from 8th to 12th July 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.  The primary … Read More

Hiring: Health Economics Consultants – with appreciable experience in the economics of vaccines

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Duty Station/Location: Southern Africa (Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe); West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana); East Africa (Rwanda); North Africa (Morocco); Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Congo)). Expected start time: September, 2023 Background: Under the ECOVA project, AfHEA is looking to hire Health Economics Consultants with appreciable experience in the economics of vaccines who will work under the leadership of the Program Officer and the supervision of the Project Coordinator. Requirements: Master’s degree in health economics, public … Read More

2022 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 2023! 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

Call for Proposals – 2022 Joint WHO African Region/TDR Impact Grants for Regional Priorities

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Dear Colleagues, This call for proposals is a joint initiative between TDR, the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), who have a mutual interest in strengthening the capacity for health research in developing countries. The call reflects a commitment to increasing the level of implementation research to deliver high quality and cost-efficient health care solutions to people in resource poor settings. To participate, … Read More

Call for Expression of Interest to serve on AfHEA’s Scientific Committee

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The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) holds its international scientific conference every two years.  The Scientific Committee plays an important role in the success of our conferences by ensuring the scientific rigour of the presentations made at the conferences.  As we start planning for our next conference, there is a great need to revamp our scientific committee and update our scientific committee members’ details.  To this end, we are calling upon our members interested in serving on our … Read More

AfHEA preparing for the IHEA congress – abstract reviews

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Dear African Health Economists, We are excited that the next International Health Economics Association (IHEA) congress is happening in Cape Town, themed “Diversity in Health Economics.”  This will be the first IHEA congress held in Africa, and AfHEA is proud to be associated with the event. IHEA’s call for abstracts is now open, and researchers and students are encouraged to submit their abstracts (https://healtheconomics.confex.com/healtheconomics/2023/cfp.cgi) by 29 November 2022. In preparation for the IHEA congress, AfHEA is planning a series of … 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

Inception Workshop officially commences AfHEA’s ECOVA Project

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It’s a primed start for Africa’s drive towards COVID-19 vaccine production and equitable access with the project inception workshop held from 20-22 July 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) and partners, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) under the three (3) – year, collaborative ECOVA project. The USD 1 million project dubbed, “Equitable access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa, (ECOVA)”, … Read More

AfHEA in partnership with AHOP is specially inviting you to an Online Webinar

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Theme: Communicating Research to Policy Makers: Reflections from practitioners Date and time: August 18, 2022 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm GMT Target Audience: All AfHEA members, interested students, researchers, and practitioners Aim: To provide researchers with knowledge of how to translate their research into clear and concise information, packaged in an easy-to-understand language that policy makers can use as evidence in their policy making process. Register here: https://forms.gle/capHtqxjyFhe1Wpw9