​​​​​​​​​​​Primafamed Conference
22 - 24 June 2014

The 6th Primafamed conference, jointly organised by our Division and the University of Ghent, was funded by the EuropeAid project (Strengthening primary care through primary care doctors and family physicians). The conference focused on strengthening primary care research in Africa and was attended by about 80 delegates from across the African continent.

The published Conference Report is available from: http://www.phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/758 
(doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.758):
African Primary Care Research: Current situation, priorities and capacity building.

Conference programme

Powerpoint presentations

• Capacity Building and Priorities in Primary Care Research - Prof Bob Mash
• Developing Family Medicine through education and training: the Stellenbosch University Medical Education Partnership Initiative - Prof Marietjie de Villiers
• The role of academic health science systems in the transformation of medicine (www.thelancet.com Vol 375 March 13, 2010) - Victor J Dzau
• Primary Health Care & HR for Health - Prof Jan de Maeseneer
• Number 8 fencing wire approach to building research capacity - Prof Felicity Goodyear-Smith
• The way forward for Primafamed - Prof Jan de Maeseneer
• PRIMAFAMED and NextGenU: a global co-democratization of family medicine residency and primary care training? - Erica Frank

To view two "interview style" presentations by Prof Jan de Maeseneer in the final plenary session of the conference, please select ​link.​

T​he two interviewees are Prof Bob Mash (brief overview of the EuropeAid-funded project) and Prof ​Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde (focus on the MEPI project's achievements and future direction).

Photos

More photos from the 2014 Primafamed workshop may be found on our Division's Facebook page.

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