Africa Primary Health Care Forum (APHCF) 2025
by
WEST AFRICA INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (WAIPH)
With the mission to “Reimagine Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Africa,” the forum aims to address critical challenges and identify innovative solutions for strengthening PHC.
The 2025 Conference is taking place from July 14th–15th, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria, APHCF and will bring together diverse stakeholders, including policymakers, health professionals, researchers, community leaders, and digital health innovators. By fostering collaboration and learning, the forum seeks to create actionable strategies that ensure equitable access to quality health services and resilience in the face of public health challenges.
APHCF is a platform for reflecting on past lessons, building future-focused partnerships, and empowering the PHC workforce, all to achieve a healthier and more secure Africa.
In the lead up to this important event, HIFA Moderator, Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh and I, have held a zoom meeting with the LOC led by Dr Francis Ohanyido, Director General / CEO, WAIPH and his team. I shall be representing HIFA at the event and shall make a presentation on the TOPIC: ’Combating Misinformation and Infodemics’.
If there are any HIFA or CHIFA members in Nigeria at the event, I look forward very much to meeting you.
Joseph Ana.
Prof Joseph Ana
Lead Senior Fellow/ medical consultant.
Center for Clinical Governance Research &
Patient Safety (ACCGR&PS) @ HRI GLOBAL
P: +234 (0) 8063600642
E: info@hri-global.org
8 Amaku Street, State Housing, Calabar, Nigeria.
www.hri-global.org
HIFA profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is a member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health, he led the introduction of the Homegrown Quality Tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, in Nigeria (2004-2008). For sustainability, he established the Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Nigeria. His main interest is in whole health sector and system strengthening in Lower, Low and Middle Income Countries (LLMICs). He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance programme, suitable for LLMICs, including the TOOLS for Implementation. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Nigeria Medical Association’s Award of Excellence on three consecutive occasions for the innovation. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance, of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He is member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers. (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group). jneana AT yahoo.co.uk