Wednesday 28 August 2013

CARTA gets a Program Manager

Ms. Mercy Machiya
Ms. Mercy Machiya has joined CARTA as the Program Manager.  Before now, Ms. Machiya worked as a Program Director at the Leadership Centre, Namibia. She had also worked with the Mananga Management Centre in Swaziland  as a Manager for Marketing and New Projects.  Ms. Machiya's brings to CARTA, a wealth of  international experience spanning    two decades.    She has recorded impressive achievements in Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Leadership and Institutional Capacity Development. 

Mercy holds an MBA from the College of Management of South Africa, (MANCOSA), a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Services Management of the Ministry of Higher Education Zimbabwe, a Post Graduate Certificate in Management, Nottingham Trent University, UK and a Certificate in Public Relations, College of Communication and Journalism, Zimbabwe.  The CARTA Secretariat is honored to have Mercy on board.

Another PhD for CARTA - Good news for the CARTA PhD fellowship.

Dr. Nicole de Wet
Dr. Nicole De Wet has successfully defended her PhD. She becomes the second CARTA fellow to attain a PhD under the CARTA Program.  Dr. Sulaimon Taiwo Adedokun had made history by being the first fellow under CARTA to  do so.

The news of the results of the defense were been greeted by both staff and students at the University of the Witwatersrand with glee.  “All hail Dr. Nicole de Wet! Our Nicole is now a Doctor…Congrats to Nicole”.. wrote Prof. Clifford Odimegwu.   Nicole is attending the 27th session of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) International Population Conference, Busan, Korea.  The CARTA Secretariat, led by the Director Dr. Alex Ezeh,  who is also at the 27th IUSSP Conference congratulated Nicole for the achievement.

Wednesday 21 August 2013

African scientists challenged to focus on needs of respective societies

WorldStage Newsonline-- The President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof Oyewale Tomori on Tuesday challenged scientists in Africa to identify and work on the needs of their respective societies to make them relevant and enhance the living standard of the citizenry.

Thursday 8 August 2013

The Top 3 Public Health Trends Across Africa - Forbes Interviews Alex Ezeh

The Top 3 Public Health Trends Across Africa

Editor’s Note: In advance of the many health-related discussions to take place in September at the Clinton Global Initiative, the Social Good Summit, UN week and other such events, the Skoll World Forum asked some of the world’s leading voices in global health to paint a comprehensive picture of key trends, challenges and opportunities to realizing healthcare access and treatment around the world. A new piece will be posted everyday through Friday, and you can view the entire series here.

Click here to follow Alex's interview with the Forbes