Regional Organizations > Regional Institutions

Most of the key African regional actors have a well-defined political mandate, administrative structure, and technical capabilities.  Regional bodies have established a range of relationships with governments and donor agencies, and with each other, and have received assistance for the implementation of specific health programs as well as institutional capacity building. Like other international institutions and networks, some of the African regional bodies face complex challenges related to their mandates, organizational structure, coordination and financial and human resources.

ASH aims to develop collaborative partnerships with African regional technical institutions, networks, and associations including those listed below. Click on the links listed below to find out more about these organizations:

Regional Technical Institutions 

• The African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST)
• The African Medical And Research Foundation (AMREF) 
• African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
• Centre for African Studies (CAFS)
• Centre Régional de Formation, de Recherche et de Plaidoyer en Santé de la Reproduction (CEFOREP)
• Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur la Population pour le Développement (CERPOD)
• Centre Africain d'Etudes Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG)
• The Centre for Health Sciences Training, Research and Development (CHESTRAD) 
• Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
• Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI)
• Health Systems Trust 
• The International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH)
• Institut de Santé et Développement (ISED)
•  Jembi Health Systems 
• Khulisa Management Services
• MWANGAZA Action
• Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office (PPD ARO)
• Regional Center for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC)
• Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)

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Regional Networks and Associations 

• African Health Economics and Policy Association (AFHEA)
  
• Africa Medical Association (AfMA)
  
• African Essential National Health Network 
  
• African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) 
  
• African Public Health Network 
  
• African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) 
  
• African Networks for Health Research & Development' (AFRO-NETS) 
  
• African Network for Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA) 
  
• African Health Systems Governance Network (ASHGOVNET)  
  
• African Federation of Science Journalists (AFSJ)
  
• African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
  
• AIDS Research Network for Western and Central Africa
  
• Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

• Health Systems Research for Reproductive Health and Health Care Reforms in the Southern African Region 
• Network of African Public Health Institutions (NAPHI)
  
• Network of AIDS Researchers of Eastern and Southern Africa (NARESA)
  
• Pan-African Health Journalism Network
  
• Parliamentary Network-Africa Public Health 
  
• Public Health Schools without Walls 
  
• Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) 
  
• Regional Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET)
  
• Reproductive Health Programme 
  
• SAHARA 
  
• Social Science and Medicine Africa Network (SOMANET)
  
• Union for African Population Studies (UAPS/UEPA)
  
• West African College of Physicians 
  

Regional Networks and Associations
Results from a Landscape Analysis of Regional Health Sector Actors in Africa: Comparative Advantages, Challenges, and Opportunities

Despite the growing international trend towards increased regional multilateralism, integration, and cooperation in health and other sectors, there is a limited body of literature examining the relationships, power dynamics, limitations, and strategic advantages of regional bodies. To enhance understanding of the contributions and role of regional bodies engaged in health in Africa, the ASH project undertook a study to compile the evidence on regionalization and the relationships, limitations, and strategic advantages of regional actors. This study contributes to the similar but larger scale landscape analysis commissioned by Harmonizing for Health in Africa (HHA) with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). [Download]

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