Issue #2
AfRO Newsletter
March 2012
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Redouane Soualmi
Chairperson Dear IPSF'ers MERHABA - Welcome I would like to draw your attention to an important event : the 1st African Pharmaceutical Symposium (AfPS). The hard working African Regional Office (AfRO), IPSF Executive and also the new strong incoming ASEPA Algeria have been collaborating to put on this exciting event.
Country Algeria
This first AfRO event will be a good start for better pharmacy in Africa. Through this event, we can encourage students and pharmacists in Africa to become more involved in IPSF as this would make IPSF more accessible to them by reducing the long distances of typical IPSF events and financial burden. The 1st African Pharmaceutical Symposium is not only for AfRO members but for all IPSF members to participate, to learn and to share their experiences with African students. IPSF executive and AfRO established a strong program for you. There will be a new symposium as Interns symposium, where interns can prepare scientific works and present it in the symposium.There is also an educational, scientific symposia, and workshops. We have organized an excursion and social programs for everyone to learn and experience the beautiful cultures of Algeria. Do not miss this big event and let us all return home convinced by the knowledge that the differences between human individuals are really diminishing, whatever language they speak. Viva la pharmacie Redouane SOUALMI IPSF AfRO Chairperson 2011-2012
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Habil Mudhune
Secretary
First experience with IPSF?
2011 July, 1st LIT and IPSF AfRO Symposium, Nairobi, KENYA
Country Kenya
I attribute this to the infective IPSF spirit and my liking for the Pharmacy profession,attending the first ever AfRO symposium served as a great eye opener to the world Of Pharmacy and representing the African region in promoting Pharmacy at a global scale is the least I could give in return.
What made you run for this position?
3 things you are looking forward for this term?
1.Ensure adequate sponsorship and funding for AfRO activities and IPSF projects in Africa.
2.Spread the IPSF spirit to more African associations and increase IPSF membership in the region
3.Work with the Regional working group in establishing a strong regional office whose spirit will be carried forward to future groups.
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S’fiso Joel Longwe
Regional Relations Officer
Dear pharmacy students of Africa, I extend my warm and sincere greetings to all.
Country South Africa
My name is S’fiso Joel Longwe, a learner intern pharmacist from Pretoria, South Africa. May I introduce myself to you all as the current regional relations officer of the African Regional working group of IPSF. I’m glad to be the bearer of this portfolio, since there is so much to be done in our region. It is through dedication, commitment and hard work of pharmaceutical students and young pharmacists that will help our region to compete with others at a world class level. I would like to urge all of you in your respective countries and beyond, to raise our profession up high and to carry out our aims and objectives of IPSF at heart. Let us work hand in glove to make AFRO great and a region of……………. “AFRO – the sleeping giant is waking up!” (Dr. Bedan) Regards, S’fiso
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Eric M Mutua
Regional Projects Officer The 56th IPSF congress in Slovenia was my first international event, I was really moved, and after coming back we were able to organise the first AFRO SYMPOSIUM in Kenya. My vision for the office is to establish a e-group for all afro cps, Promote SEP in AFRO, since in most countries it’s not operational, promote all the IPSF calendar events, encourage non-member states/association to join AFRO by promoting their participation in the coming AFRO congress and the IPSF congress and Promote and encourage students to apply for WHO internships.
Country Kenya
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Umhire Kayibanda Clement
Internal Coordinator and Communication Officer
First experience with IPSF?
2011 July, 1st IPSF AfRO Symposium, Nairobi, KENYA
Country Rwanda Land of thousands hills
What made you run for this position?
I wanted to provide an international cooperation between motivated students from different African countries in order to increase their educational and intellectual skills
3 things you are looking forward for this term?
1. I want IPSF to extent it’s activities through African Regional Office (AfRO ) by allowing and facilitating it’s access for everybody. I want my regional office to be more present in other African countries and hope that many of them will share experience they have, by improving a good communication 2. I will work toward creating links that promote pharmaceutical students on a lifelong path of civic engagement in pharmaceutical career and increase understandings about ideas exchange. 3. I will be also enhancing the reality that small action can make a big difference by supporting innovative ideas to think critically about pharmaceutical issues.
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