Africa Primary Health Care Forum (APHCF) 2025 by the WEST AFRICA INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (WAIPH)
With the mission to “Reimagine Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Africa,” the forum aims to address critical challenges and identify innovative solutions for strengthening PHC.
The 2025 Conference is taking place from July 14th–15th, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria, APHCF and will bring together diverse stakeholders, including policymakers, health professionals, researchers, community leaders, and digital health innovators.
By fostering collaboration and learning, the forum seeks to create actionable strategies that ensure equitable access to quality health services and resilience in the face of public health challenges.
APHCF is a platform for reflecting on past lessons, building future-focused partnerships, and empowering the PHC workforce, all to achieve a healthier and more secure Africa.
In the leadup to this important event, HIFA Moderator, Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh and I, have held a zoom meeting with the LOC led by Dr Francis Ohanido, Director General/CEO, WAIPH and his team. I shall be representing HIFA at the event and shall make a presentation on the TOPIC:’ Combating Misinformation and Infodemics’.
If there are any HIFA or CHIFA members in Nigeria at the event, I look forward very much to meeting you.
Joseph Ana
CHIFA profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety (CCGR&PS) with Headquarters in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is the Country Coordinator for PACK Nigeria (Practical Approach to Care Kit) which is specifically designed to improve clinical competence (improving accuracy of diagnosis and treatment) in primary health care. He is also a Member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health (2004-2008), Joseph Ana led the introduction of the evidence based, homegrown quality tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme (12-PCGP) in Nigeria, which also suitable for lower-, low-, and middle-income countries (LLMIC) with similar weak health sector and system. To ensure sustainability of 12-PCGP, the ‘Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health’ was established in Cross River State Ministry of Health in 2007. His main interest is in ‘Whole health sector and system strengthening in LLMICs’. He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, including the TOOLS manual for its Implementation, currently in its 2nd Edition. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Association’s ‘Award of Excellence’ on three consecutive occasions for the innovation of 12-PCGP in Nigeria. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance subcommittee of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He was Member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee (NTISC) of the Federal Ministry of Health, 2017-2022. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the Charity, NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum UK) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group; the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers, and the Working Group on HIFA-WHO Collaboration (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group). Email: info AT hri-global.org and jneana AT yahoo.co.uk