Friends of Africa USCAP initiative

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1 Friends of Africa USCAP initiative Adekunle M. Adesina, M.D., Ph.D., FCAP, FMCPath Professor of Pathology and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children s Hospital Houston, TX

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3 MAP OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES Anglophone West African Division of IAP and East African Division of IAP

4 Journal subscription initially 55 (2004) and now 65 institutions or hospitals / laboratories A total of 21 countries List of countries: Angola Botswana Cameroon DR of Congo Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Gambia Ivory Coast Kenya Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

5 East African Division IAP

6 West African Division IAP 2011 Calendar of Events 6th Annual Pathology conference Theme: 'THE ROLE OF PATHOLOGISTS IN PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND DETERMINATION OF PROGNOSIS OF CANCERS' Subthemes: Molecular tools in cancer diagnosis, prognosis and surveillance Molecular diagnosis of cancer related infectious agents Date: August Faculty: Dr Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Dr Megan Lim, Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Professor Sebastian Lucas, Professor of Histopathology, King's College London School of Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK Dr Wole Ajagbe, Oral Pathology, Howard University, Washington, DC Dr Adekunle M. Adesina - Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Zelma Cason, Associate Professor, Allied Health Science, University of Missisipi, Jackson, MS

7 Landmark Achievement Fund raising for sponsoring of sub-saharan African Pathologists and Trainees to 2012 IAP Congress in Capetown, South Africa $58, $50,000 (USCAP matching funds) Total - $108,730 Department of Pathology, Texas Children s Hospital Interim offer of support for cost of journal mailings from 2011

8 Donors for the 2012 IAP congress fund

9 2012 Congress Encourage submission of abstracts by pathologists and trainees from sub- Saharan Africa an important criterion for support to attend the congress Proposed course on Pathology in the tropics educational for people inside and outside of the region

10 Proposed program for course at 2012 IAP congress in Cape Town, SA Title: Pathology in the Tropics - the sub-saharan experience Program: Opening Lecture: Professor Sebastian Lucas, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK HIV in Africa - observations from the last two decades - Symposium: Prof James Kitinya, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Tanzania The spectrum of malaria related pathology Prof Mike Odida, Makerere University, Uganda Unique fungal infections in the tropical environment Professor Fatima Abdulkareem, University of Lagos, Nigeria H. pylori infection and gastric carcinoma - the West African experience Prof Andrew Anthony Adjei, University of Ghana, Korlebu, Ghana Hepatitis E viral infections and genotypes in Ghanaians Prof Edwin Kwame Wiredu, University of Ghana, Korlebu, Ghana HPV genotypes in cervical and oral cancers in Ghana Break - 30 mins Closing Lecture: Professor Jaiye Thomas-Ogunniyi, Louisiana State University Health Sciences, Shreveport, LA Pathology education and training in sub-saharan Africa

11 Journal fund Challenges for Fund raising Goal - $15,000 per year Current status: ~$15,000 Sponsorship of (i) regional CMEs and (ii) faculty for the regional CMEs these are the USCAP Ambassadors Goal - $20,000 / year Current status: $5,000 CAP Foundation grant (2010)

12 Every dollar will impact the lives of millions Thank you all for your support

13 Acknowledgements Dr Fred Silva, Executive Vice President, USCAP USCAP Council IAP Council and Education Committee Action Committee of the FOA-USCAP initiative All Volunteer Faculty All donors for subscriptions and for the 2012 South Africa IAP congress sponsorship of African Pathologists All members of the FOA-USCAP initiative