African Health Systems and Traditions

Health care in Sub-Saharan Africa and African communities worldwide has always been debated or pursued in a historical context. Even with traditional healing practitioners' growth in most African communities, the quality of health in African communities continues to concern researchers, development agencies, health administrators, and planners both inside and outside the continent. We believe that it is only through a value-based information exchange system that we can achieve effective functioning. Self-sustained health care delivery service, reliable supply chains for medicines and equipment, and overall improved quality of life for Africans.

African Views (AV) weekly discussion forum to explore and raise awareness about progress and gaps, costs, and accessibility of medical /pharmaceutical products and services within the African and African Diaspora communities Worldwide.

The discussion took place weekly on AV radio and was open to public participation and interaction. The dialogue represents a wide range of views from experts and ordinary stakeholders on a diverse scientific and socio-economic aspects of health and welfare issues.

The program's objective is to provide health literacy, and advocacy and inspire consensus and leadership roles in improving public health care status in African communities. The first program aired on Jul,y 23 2011. We explored healthcare Systems' status in Africa concerning the past, the present, and hopes for the future.

Understanding the historical context of health in the last 60 years helps us respond to today's health challenges. Learning from history is vital in shaping a healthier future for everyone, especially those most in need. The World Health Organization launched the Global Health Histories (GHH) initiative in 2005 with these basic principles. Significant contributions were published in 2008, when on April 7 of that year, it celebrated its 60th anniversary. Africa Views Organization began offering an African perspective on this history, which needed to be recorded and given much more comprehensive visibility and be fully incorporated into WHO and health histories.

The African Views Organization health programs promote awareness of sustainable health initiatives and make efforts to inspire physician's and pharmacists' networks with interests in improving health services in communities that need it most. The project idea is a collaborative social development information exchange framework for community leadership, health journalism, and global activism. The program was conducted via blog talk and skype, now with zoom.

AV radio programs were based on the notion that multiplicity of perspectives from agents of change in various professional disciplines, interdisciplinary scholastic departments, and diverse cultural backgrounds can bring the new ideas, concepts, and innovation we need to accelerate development and stimulate a great deal of innovation that people need to attain an international standard of expectation and performance on the goals of safe, healthy and prosperous communities.

The proposal is to include community outreach to the current AV radio program so that we can have journalists and nurses on the ground and doctors connected through our media system collaborating to implementing coordinated outreach and action plan for quality medical services information as well as collecting and documenting demographic information on medical and psychological needs on the ground.

African Views Organization works with medical doctors, scientists, and experts in the health care sector to addresses the health challenges of the People living on the African continent and Africans living in the Diaspora. We work to ensure that the needs and requirements are given sufficient international support.

African Views health journalism includes its Virtual program titled. African Health Dialogues (AHD). The AHD is a health care virtual discussion about awareness, progress and gaps, costs, and accessibility of medical /pharmaceutical products and services within the African and African Diaspora communities Worldwide. The program was a collaborative project between African Views (AV), Life-Scope Africa Foundation (LAF), and Phameds International. The primary program Host was Regina Askia Williams, R.N, and the program produced and directed by Dr. Wale Idris Ajibade. The program's objective is to provide health literacy, advocacy and inspire consensus and leadership roles in improving public health care status in underserved communities. The virtual program started in 2010, a decade before Zoom became trendy. The program has achieved a great deal, including its campaign to establish the African Infectious Disease Institute which culminated into the Africa CDC. The work of bringing about the true quality of African healthcare potential is still ongoing.

Health organizations and health professionals work collaboratively across 65 countries (Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, England, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe).

*Dougbeh Chris Nyan is a Liberian medical doctor, a biomedical research scientist, social activist and inventor. He specializes in infectious disease research.

*Gabou Mendy, MD is a family physician in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana, Maryland, and Georgia. He is affiliated with Franklin Foundation Hospital.

* François M. Abboud, M.D. (Egypt/USA): Cardiovascular Research

* Venansius Baryamureeba, Ph.D. (Uganda): Chairman Board of Directors, University Tech & Mgt University (UTAMU); Chancellor of a University; Computer Science

* Squire J. Booker, Ph.D. (USA): Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

* Russell Debose-Boyd, Ph.D. (USA): Molecular Genetics

* Donita Brady, Ph.D. (USA): Cancer Biology

* Paula Hammond, Ph.D. (USA): University Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering

* Chester Brown, M.D., Ph.D. (USA): Genetics Division Chief, Department of Pediatrics, University Health Science Center

* Pedro Cherry (USA): Utility Company President and CEO; Industrial Engineering

* Namandje N. Bumpus, Ph.D. (USA): University Professor and Director (chair), Dept of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences

* Michael Burton, Ph.D. (USA): Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

* Rotonya Carr, M.D. (USA): Medicine (research: liver metabolic diseases)

* Gary Gibbons, M.D. (USA): Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Cardiovascular Research

* Ernst Cebert, Ph.D. (USA): Plant Breeding & Genetics

* Nira Chamberlain, Ph.D. (England): President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; Mathematics

* Laura M. K. Dassama, Ph.D. (USA): Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

* Karine Gibbs, Ph.D. (USA): Molecular and Cellular Biology

* Christine Hendon, Ph.D. (USA): Biomedical Engineering

* Folami Ideraabdullah, Ph.D (USA): Genetics and Molecular Biology

* Jedidah Isler, Ph.D. (USA): Astrophysicist

* Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. (USA): President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Theoretical Physics

* W. Marcus Lambert, Ph.D. (USA): Biomedical Sciences

* Jose Jackson-Malete, Ph.D. (USA): Food Science and Technology

* Frederick K. Johnson, Ph.D. (USA): Information Technology Strategy & Innovation

* Manu O. Platt, Ph.D. (USA): Biomedical Engineering

* Michael Johnson, Ph.D. (USA): Biochemistry and Biophysics; Immunobiology

* Tshimwanga Jonathan Lukusa, Ph.D. (Lesotho): Public Health

* George M. Langford, Ph.D. (USA): Biophysical Cell Biology

* Tammy Qutami, Ph.D. (USA Science in Engineering with Management

* Cato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. (USA): Member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine; Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology; Medicine

* Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D. (USA): Plant Biology

* Jacquin C. Niles, M.D., Ph.D. (USA): University Director of Center for Environmental Health Sciences Molecular Toxicology

* Genevieve Neal Perry, M.D., Ph.D. (USA): University Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

* Nathan Smith, Ph.D. (USA): Neuroscience

* Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D. (Nigeria/USA): Marine Environmental (Fisheries) Science

New ASI Fellows in January 2021 include:

* Simon Agwale, Ph.D. (Nigeria/USA): Virologist/Vaccinologist

* Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Ph.D. (Trinidad/USA): State Climatologist

* Martin Antonio, Ph.D. (Gambia/England): Microbiology

* Olu Bamgbade, M.D. (Nigeria/Canada): Anaesthesiology & Pain Medicine

* Oscar Barton, Jr., Ph.D., P.E. (USA): University Dean of Engineering; Mechanical Engineering

* Raouf El-Allawy, Ph.D. (Egypt): Biochemistry

* George Hill, Ph.D.. (USA): University Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Emeritus; Dean for Diversity in Medical Education Emeritus

* Richard Edema, Ph.D. (Uganda): Plant Pathology (Molecular Virology)

* Chance Glenn, Ph.D. (USA): University Dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences; Electrical Engineering

* Henry Lewis III, Pharm.D. (USA): President and CEO, Research Institute; Pharmacy

* Lonnie Gonsalves, Ph.D. (USA): Environmental Molecular Biology

* Christopher S. Holliday, Ph.D., MPH (USA): Director, Population Health at American Medical Association

* Michael Makanga, M.D., Ph.D. (Uganda/ The Hague, Holland): Chief Executive Officer of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Association Secretariat; Clinician

* Jarbas Honorato, (Brazil): Industrial and Mechanical Engineering

* Madhvee Madhou, Ph.D. (Mauritius): Agricultural Biotechnology

* Thembakazi Mali, Ph.D. (South Africa): Interim CEO at the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI)

* Clement Opoku-Okrah, Ph.D. (Ghana): Biosciences (Haematology)

* Leroy McClean, Ph.D. (Barbados): Molecular Biology and Population Genetics

* Arthur McClung, III, Ph.D. (USA): Mechanical Engineering; Robotics

* Sidney A. McNairy, Jr., Ph.D. (USA): Associate Director, National Center Research Resources; Former Director, Center Building Branch, NIGMS; BioChemistry

* Mamman Muhammad, DVM, Ph.D. (Nigeria): Director General/Chief Executive at Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis Research; Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology

* Soni O. O. Oyekan, Ph.D. (Nigeria) Chemical Engineering

* Theogene Rutagwenda, Ph.D. (South Africa): Vice president of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Regional Commission for Africa; Veterinary Medicine; Director General of Animal Resources in the Ministry of Agriculture

* Dinesh Shukla (Gambia): Chancellor at American International University West Africa

* Jean-Eudes Teya, Ph.D. (Central Africa): Physical Sciences (Mineral Chemistry & Hydrometallurgy)

* Kadiri Akeem Babalola, Ph.D. (Nigeria): Botany

* Toyin Togun, M.D., Ph.D. (Nigeria/England): Co-Director of The TB Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Clinical Medicine

* Geoffrey Muriira Karau, Ph.D. (Kenya): Medical Biochemistry

* Julius J. Larry III, DDS, JD (USA): Research Scientist; Civil Rights Lawyer; Dentist; International Business Consultant; Entrepreneur; Newspaper Publisher

* Juana Mendenhall, Ph.D. (USA): Chemistry

New ASI Fellows in December 2020 include:

* Jamil Abdur-Rahman, M.D. (USA): Obstetrics & Gynecology

* Idries Abdur-Rahman, M.D. (USA): Obstetrics & Gynecology

* Jeffrey Chavis (USA): Electrical Engieering (advanced data science analytical techniques)

* Adekunle O. Adeyeye, Ph.D. (Nigeria/USA): Physics (Nanotechnology & Spintronics, Magnonics and Spin Wave Devices, Magnetic Biosensors)

* Dereje Agonafer, Ph.D. (Ethiopia/USA): Mechanical Engineering; Microelectronics, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and Nanoelectronics

* Norman Robinson III, Ph.D. (USA): Natural and Applied Sciences; Mathematics Education; S.T.E.M. career pursuits developer

* Geanie Asante, Ph.D. (USA): Computer Science

* Sandra Barnes, Ph.D. (USA): Bioanalytical Chemistry

* Rose Jalang’o, M.D. (Kenya): Medical Doctor with the National Vaccines and Immunisation Program

* Victor Silvano Bennet, Ph.D. (South Suda): Agriculture Science

* Ndiaga Cisse, Ph.D. (Senegal): Director of the Regional Center for the improvement of plant Adaptation to Drought (CERAAS); Agriculture Science

* Darnell E. Diggs, Ph.D. (USA): Physics (Electro-optic technology)

* Jeremiah Kang'ombe, Ph.D. (Malawi): Biology (Aquaculture Nutrition)

* Timnit Gebru, Ph.D. (Ethiopia/USA): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Ethical Artificial Intelligence

* Inginia Genao, M.D. (USA): Internal Medicine University Medical Director, Adult Primary Care Center

* Robert L. Green, Ph.D. (USA): Chemistry; University Chair, Department of Natural Sciences

* Nushreen Jeenally (Mauritius): Environmental Science

* Thabo Lehlokoe, M.D. (South Africa): Medical Doctor; ICT entrepreneur

* Nehemiah J. Mabry, Ph.D. (USA): Structural Engineering and Mechanics (Bridge Design)

* Godfrey Madzivire, Ph.D. (South Africa): Chemistry

* Cecil Lue-Hing, D.Sc., P.E. (USA): Retired Director of Research and Development (R&D) for a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; Civil/Energy and Environmental Engineering

* Stephen L. Mayo, Ph.D. (USA): Biology and Chemistry; Chair, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering

* Pauline Mosley, Ph.D. (USA): Computer Science and Information Systems

* Chenere Ramsey, Ph.D. (USA): Neuroscience; Company CEO, S.T.E.M. career pursuits developer

* Alain M. Mouanga, M.D. (Congo, RDC): Psychiatry

* Mouhamed Ndong, Ph.D. (Senegal/Canada): Civil Engineering (Water-Environment)

* Sebusi Odisitse, Ph.D. (Botswana): Chemistry

* Ahmed Legouri, Ph.D. (Morocco/Ivory Coast): Materials Science; Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs

* Judy Omumbo, Ph.D. (Kenya/USA): Epidemiology

* Yvonne S Thornton, M.D. (USA): University Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Musician

* Silvanus J. Udoka, Ph.D. (USA): Industrial Engineering and Management; University Department Dean

* Obiageli Nnodu, M.D. (Nigeria): Hematologist, Sickle Cell Disease Researcher

* Jude D. Bigoga, Ph.D. (Cameroon): Biochemistry (Medical Entomology and Molecular Parasitology)

* Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, Ph.D. (Ghana/USA): Control Systems Engineering and Robotics; Avionics