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The INDEPTH Network Stakeholders meeting (Re-Booting INDEPTH) took place in Accra Ghana from January 11 - January 12 2024. The meeting was attended by key stakeholders and selected INDEPTH sites.
The meeting discussed issues that affected the smooth operations of the Network, and the way forward. A summary from the meeting report has been shared with participants and other key stakeholder.
The Executive Secretary of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) Professor John Ataguba visited the INDEPTH Secretariat to discuss potential collaborations and working with INDEPTH in the area of Health Economics. He was accompanied by Prof James Akazili (Dean of the School of Public Health, CK Tedam University). The team had discussions with Professor Philip Adongo (Executive Director of INDEPTH) and staff in the secretariat. Potential areas of collaboration identified included Capacity Building, joint development of grant proposals, barter exchange arrangement between the two organisations. Professor Adongo indicated INDEPTH's interest in vaccine trials, while Professor Ataguba touched on vaccine equity with COVID as a reference point.
The two organisation agreed to establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the need for further meeting.
Professor Abdisalan Noor from Harvard School of Public Health visited the INDEPTH Secretariat on May 31, 2004. He had discussions with the staff of INDEPTH. Present at the meeting were the Executive Director of INDEPTH - Prof. Philip Adongo, Prof. Fred Binka, Prof. George Armah (Noguchi) and other staff of the secretariat. Prof Noor informed the meeting that he was engaged in improving data use in African countries, He added that industry was looking for credible groups such as INDEPTH to work with. On his part, Prof. Adongo gave an update the progress made with thr "Re-booting" of INDEPTH. The two sides agreed to have follow up discussions of areas that had been identified for possible collaboration.