AfHEA Executive Secretary visits INDEPTH Secretariat

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.