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to join SASA On 9/9/13, Charles Male <[email protected]> wrote: > Dr Kapalanga, > > Iyete adruma for the invitation to join SASA. I have taken the liberty > to extend the invitation members of WestNileNet and kobokonet. > > ****************************** > Please spread the word about the Society for the Advancement of > Science in Africa (SASA) and encourage people to join SASA for Pushing > the Frontiers of Science in Africa. Any body can join SASA, even > village folk. SASA's mission is to improve the quality of life of all > African people and humanity beyond Africa, using advancement of > science in Africa. I suggest you join SASA and participate in its > activities.Here is the information about SASA: > > SASA is a not-for-profit association founded by a group of African, > Canadian and American physicians, scientists, academics and other > professionals in 2011. The association was inaugurated as an official > entity in April 2013 during our first international conference in > Polokwane, South Africa. > > > SASA is a not-for-profit international association of scientists, > academic and research institutions, government agencies, > philanthropists and funding agencies dedicated to advancing the > frontiers of science in Africa by building an African scientific > capacity and knowledge base. SASA’s mission is to promote science > education, improve health and advance social and economic development > on the African continent. The organization aims to foster > continent-wide collaborations, inter-disciplinary research initiatives > and advancing the frontiers of science with innovative ideas. We plan > to achieve our goals by promoting and supporting scientific research > in these key areas: biomedical science including genetics and > genomics, health including public health, science education, > engineering and technology, environmental science, agriculture and > fisheries, mining and metallurgy. > > > Since its launch, the association has several hundred registered > members globally – from Africa, North America, Europe, South America, > and Asia and fellowship is growing. The society’s members include > researchers, academics, professionals and others who have a special > interest in advancing science in Africa and our members work in a > variety of domains including government, universities, institutes, and > medical settings. We hope to broaden our reach by establishing > scholarly cooperation and to share its forward-thinking ideas with > established scientific organizations like the National Institutes of > Health, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the > British Science Association, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the > World Health Organization and other international scientific > organizations. > > SASA will be holding its second international conference for the > Advancement of Science in Africa on May 7-10, 2014 in Kampala, Uganda. > The theme of this year’s conference is “Science Innovation and > Economic Development”. > > The founding of SASA has struck a cord around the World. So encourage > everybody to join. You are permitted to share the information about > SASA (not my personal information) with who ever you think will use > the information constructively and responsibly. > > Kindest. > > jk > > Joachim Kapalanga, MD, PHD, FAAP, FACMG, DABMG, DABP > Executive President of SASA > Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, > South Western Ontario Medical Education Program and > South Western Ontario Academic Health Network - Research Group > Department of Pediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & > Dentistry/Western University > 2nd Floor - Clinical Skills Building > London, ON, Canada, N6A 5C1 > Tel: 519.376.2121 ext 2854 | Fax: 519.378.1583 > E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > Consultant Pediatrician/Medical Geneticist, Grey Bruce Health > Services Owen Sound, ON and Summerside Medical Centre, PEI, Canada > _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
