AfroPHC was launched as a formal organisation 1-3pm on Tuesday, 20th April 2021
There was broad support for the Articles with a few other changes made by the AfroPHC Core Team. The governance of AfroPHC will be by an annual general meeting (AGM) of individual members (1 vote) and institutional members (2 votes) (with no membership fees this year), a nine-person Executive Board elected for three years that will elect leadership from within the Executive Board and meet at least quarterly. The revised Articles of Association were adopted at the launch. . There were 164 AfroPHC Members attending on Zoom with a maximum concurrent attendance of 116. There were 22 members who voted on Menti. There were 210 valid votes on Qualtrics out of a registered total of 437 AfroPHC members on EngageBay. The recording and election results are below.
Election Results
| # | Candidates | % | Count |
| 31 | Moosa Shabir (58, Male, Prof/Wonca Africa President, South Africa – WONCA Africa Rep) | 7.23% | 105 |
| 22 | Karnad Radha (40+, Female, Senior Technical Advisor for Primary Health Care and Doctor, Kenya/ USA – Jhpiego Rep) | 4.24% | 62 |
| 10 | Besigye Innocent (50+, Male, Family Physician, Uganda – Primafamed Rep) | 3.89% | 56 |
| 8 | Ana Joseph (65+, Male, Professor / Africa Centre for Clinical Governance Research & Patient Safety, Nigeria) | 3.47% | 50 |
| 51 | Sibanda Bongi (45+, Female, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Zimbabwe/UK) | 3.27% | 48 |
| 38 | Nwabufo Francoise (40+, Female, Public health, President Family Health & Development Foundation, Cameroon) | 3.20% | 46 |
| 1 | Abdellah Almoghirah (46, Male, Community Medicine Specialist, Sudan) | 3.20% | 46 |
| 13 | Chaibva Cynthia (60+, Female, PhD Nurse-Midwife, Zimbabwe) | 3.13% | 45 |
| 5 | Aja Godwin (57, Male, Professor, Chair of Public Health / TUFH Board, Nigeria – TUFH Rep) | 3.13% | 45 |
| 55 | Wangari Marie-Claire (30+, Female, Medical Doctor Co-Founder AHESS/RESPEKT, Kenya. – AHESS Rep) | 2.78% | 40 |
| 18 | Hugo Lizemari (40, Female, PhD Nurse, South Africa – AfrIPEN Rep) | 2.57% | 37 |
| 44 | Osigbesan Tolu (35, Female, Pharmacist / Advocacy and Partnerships Officer, Switzerland) | 2.36% | 35 |
| 6 | Amblum-AlmeÃÅr Jeshni (50+,Female, course director in Belmatt Healthcare Training, SA-UK) | 2.29% | 34 |
| 48 | Semlali Hassan (65, Male, Doctor Consultant in Public Health and Health Economics, Morocco) | 2.22% | 32 |
| 32 | Moyo Idah (50, Female, Academic Dr and Nurse, Zimbabwe) | 2.22% | 32 |
| 56 | Yakhama Kristine (40+, Female, Community health volunteer, Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya) | 2.02% | 30 |
| 36 | Nandili Mary (50+, Female, Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services in Ministry of Health, Kenya) | 1.95% | 28 |
| 27 | Limame Youseff (50+, Male, Professor and Expert in Ministry of Health, Mauritania) | 1.88% | 27 |
| 34 | Mucye Ella (19, Female, Pharmacy Student, Officer Rwandan Pharmacy Students Assoc, Rwanda) | 1.81% | 27 |
| 19 | Ibrahim Umar (42, Male, Community Health Officer, Director Health and Human Services YES Nigeria – YES Rep) | 1.81% | 26 |
| 17 | Gumizamu Caroline (25+, Female, Biotechnologist, Rwanda) | 1.81% | 26 |
| 53 | Stevens Enow (30, Male, Doctor/Organisation For Health in Sustainable Development (OHISD), Cameroon) | 1.74% | 25 |
| 24 | Khamisa Natasha (30+, Female, Academic/Researcher PhD, South Africa) | 1.74% | 25 |
| 15 | Gabela Mpho (38, Female, Radiographer/Public Health, South Africa) | 1.74% | 25 |
| 4 | Ahudey Karl William (45+, Male, Management Consultant/Counselor/Trainer, Ghana) | 1.74% | 25 |
| 21 | Karingithi Joan (30, Female, Doctor, Kenya) | 1.60% | 23 |
| 54 | Tadesse Firew (37, Male, Public Health Officer/Clinical Officer Case-Based Surveillance, Ethiopia) | 1.53% | 22 |
| 14 | Dandoulakis Michael (60+, Male, Dr / Rev Health Center of Kinsasa-GREEK ORTHODOX, DRC) | 1.39% | 21 |
| 52 | Somboi Innocent (35+, Male, Clinical Officer and Health Systems Analyst, Tanzania) | 1.39% | 20 |
| 43 | Oseni Tijani (45, Female, Family Physician, Nigeria) | 1.39% | 20 |
| 35 | Musasizi Blair (50+, Male, Lawyer in African Foundation for Community Development, Uganda) | 1.39% | 20 |
| 9 | Baloyi Eroll (34, Male, Environmental Health Practitioner, South Africa) | 1.39% | 20 |
| 23 | Katugume Prosper (23, Male, Medical Student, NUST Campus Ambassador, Uganda) | 1.25% | 18 |
| 7 | Amoo Oluwaseun Paul (40+, Male, Project Manager/Public Health, Nigeria) | 1.25% | 18 |
| 2 | Abdulhakim Zubairu (22, Male, Nurse/Pharmacy Technician Student, Nigeria) | 1.25% | 18 |
| 26 | Kumar Anil (30+, Male, Director Nursing, Saudi Arabia) | 1.18% | 17 |
| 11 | Bulbulia Aboobaker (50+, Male, Opthalmologist, South Africa) | 1.18% | 17 |
| 57 | Zongo Arustide (45+, Male, Diplomacy Graduate, Burkina Faso) | 1.11% | 16 |
| 47 | Rhali Aziz (50+, Male, Pharmacist / Consultant, Morocco) | 1.11% | 16 |
| 41 | Onyebuchi Eloke (35+, Male, Microbiologist /Healthcare Management Consultant, Nigeria) | 1.11% | 16 |
| 39 | Olaniyan Bosede (32, Female, Nurse, Nigeria) | 1.11% | 16 |
| 37 | Ndungu Cecilia (30+, Female, Nurse and Liaisons Officer, Healthcare Professionals Call Centre, Kenya) | 1.11% | 16 |
| 30 | Markus Reuben (32, Male, Nurse, President National Nursing Students Assoc, Nigeria) | 1.11% | 16 |
| 12 | Bun Bida Mohammed (35+, Male, Senior Development Consultant, Ghana) | 1.04% | 15 |
| 20 | Inderlall Raseela (50+, Female, Pharmacist, South Africa) | 0.97% | 14 |
| 49 | Senkyire Ephraim (35, Male, Nurse Ministry of Health, Ghana) | 0.90% | 13 |
| 33 | Moyo Sehlule (50+, Female, Environmental Health Practitioner, South Africa) | 0.83% | 12 |
| 46 | Paulo Pires (65, Male, Doctor, Mozambique) | 0.76% | 12 |
| 40 | Oloyede James (40+, Male, Public health and Nutrition specialist, Nigeria) | 0.76% | 11 |
| 45 | Pandey Ashok (35, Male, Health care researcher, Nepal) | 0.69% | 10 |
| 42 | Opepo Pamela (41, Female, Nursing officer, Kenya) | 0.69% | 10 |
| 3 | Abdullahi Suleiman (30+, Male, Nurse, Nigeria) | 0.69% | 10 |
| 28 | Magan Ansuyah (46, Female, Private Academic Dentist, South Africa) | 0.63% | 9 |
| 29 | Makazhu Robben (38, Male, Community Development Facilitator, Zimbabwe) | 0.56% | 8 |
| 25 | Kipkenei Silas (20+, Male, Population Health Speacialist / Project Officer Deliverance Church USAIDCASEOVC Project, Kenya) | 0.49% | 7 |
| 50 | Shabangu Simon (40+, Male, Dietitian, Jhb Health District, South Africa) | 0.35% | 5 |
| 16 | Goldberg Colin (50+, Male, Basic Ambulance Assistant, South Africa) | 0.28% | 4 |
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