Global Access to Quality, Affordable Care

August 31, 2018This year ' s  Extreme Affordability Conference in Ghana had something new to offer.Something special happens when stage and subject align. Earlier this summer, after trading air-conditioned ballrooms for steamy tents in sub-Saharan Africa, the Extreme Affordability Conference achieved that alignment. Although the conference has always been about improving access to global health resources, taking the event to Ghana maximized global partnerships in new ways.Leveraging Combined Strengths and ConnectionsThe University of Utah ’s Division of Public Health has been working in Africa for nearly two decades. In 2015, the U opened the Ensign College of Public Health, located about 50 miles northeast of Accra. It was this relationship that seeded the possibility of hosting the sixth annual Extreme Affordability Conference in Ghana. Ensign College administrators embraced the idea and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,  a medical school in nearby Kumasi, and IntraHealth International also joined as partners.This year ’s theme, “Impacting Health Through Collaboration and Innovation,” emphasized the importance of partnerships in global health. Because Africa is the continent with the greatest need for access to trained providers, it was the ideal backdrop for addressing four pressing global health issues—e ach using West Africa as a focal point: accessing surgery as a key to human development;engaging communities in healthy living;overc...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news