Association of Schools of Public Health in Africa (ASPHA)

The Association of Schools of Public Health in Africa (ASPHA) was established at a meeting in Nairobi on 23 October 2010.   

The Founding Members of ASPHA are:

1. Kinshasa School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo
2. Jimma University, College Of Public Health And Medical Sciences, Ethiopia
3. School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
4. Moi University, School of Public Health, Kenya
5. The School of Public Health at Great Lakes, University of Kisumu, Kenya
6. School of Public Health, University of Nairobi, Kenya
7. School of Public Health, College of Medicine, Malawi
8. Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu
9. Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
10. School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
11. School of Public Health, University of Witwatersand, South Africa
12. School of Health Systems & Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa
13. Department of Health Studies, UNISA, South Africa
14. School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

The Association was established to fostering the practice of public health in Africa including advocacy for public health policy, research, training and technical collaboration such as development of curricular and modules. ASPHA is to be linked with the African Union and the secretariat is in Accra, Ghana. 

The representatives elected a five member Executive Committee with Professor Fred Binka (Ghana) as President and Professor Sharon Fonn (South Africa) as deputy. The other members are Professor Dan Kaseje (Kenya), Professor Oladimeji Oladepo (Nigeria) and Professor Patrick Kayembe (DRC). They are tasked with further development of the Association through broadening the membership, raising funds and organizing within the next twelve months an annual general meeting of all the schools of Public Health in Africa.  .. .

For more information, please contact info.aspha@gmail.com