Feb 19, 2004 - Feb 20, 2004
Africa Health Day Exhibition
AAI participated in the February 2004 Africa Health Day Exhibition with pharmaceutical companies, NGOs and foundations to promote and advocate for African health development issues, communicate and promote African health best practices and exchange experiences and share lessons learned in African health development. In a discussion moderated by H.E. Martin Andjaba, Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations, Mora McLean, AAI’s President and CEO was a panelist on the panel discussion entitled “Collaboration with Civil Society and Private Sector To make a Difference in Health Development in Africa”. Her speech, Human Resources for Health: An NGO’s contribution, discussed the crucial link between human capacity building and healthcare development in Africa. Read Mora McLean’s remarks.
Other panelists were Mr. Julius E. Coles, President Africare; Dr. Stephen Joseph, AMREF U.S.A. Board member; Mr. Victor Barnes, Corporate Council for Africa, Director of CCA HIV/AIDS Initiative programs; Mr. Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman and CEO Merck and Co., Inc. and President, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations; and Dr. Ebrahim Samba, WHO Regional Director for Africa.