Themes

10th AFREhealth Annual Conference Β· Gaborone, Botswana
Conference Theme
A Decade of African Excellence:
Reimagining Self-Reliant Health Systems for Africa

Ten years on, AFREhealth's 10th Annual Conference brings together health professionals, educators, researchers, and policymakers from across Africa to celebrate a decade of progress and chart the path towards health systems that are led, financed, and sustained by Africa. The conversation is organised around five subthemes.

Subthemes
Subtheme 1
Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Strengthen African Health Systems

Examining how digital health, artificial intelligence, and home-grown innovation can improve access, efficiency, and quality of care β€” and how African institutions can design, own, and scale the solutions their health systems need.

Subtheme 2
Harmonized Health Professions Education for a Competent, Innovative, and Resilient Health Workforce

Advancing aligned curricula, shared standards, and interprofessional training across countries and disciplines β€” preparing health workers who are competent, adaptable, and ready to lead change in their communities.

Subtheme 3
Amplifying Research and Community Engagement for Improvement in Population Health

Strengthening research capacity and partnering with communities so that evidence is generated with, and for, the people it serves β€” and translated into measurable gains in population health.

Subtheme 4
Redefining Africa's Health Priorities: Threats and Solutions

Taking stock of the continent's most pressing health challenges β€” from communicable and non-communicable diseases to climate change, emerging threats, and declining external aid β€” and setting out African-led solutions.

Subtheme 5
Strengthening Leadership, Partnerships, and Health Systems Governance for Sustainable Health Care in Africa

Building accountable leadership, effective governance, and strategic partnerships β€” across governments, academia, the private sector, and development partners β€” to secure sustainable financing and long-term health system self-reliance.

3rd – 5th August 2027
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana