Presentation to the Committee on the Comprehensive Review of Resolution 1540

ASAP member Akin Abayomi presented on biosecurity to the Committee on the Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of Resolution 1540 from June 20th - 22nd at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. He discussed the lack of skilled manpower and infrastructure for healthcare in Africa. Read more about Resolution 1540 here: http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/

Happenings

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ASAP in collaboration with the College of Pathologists of East, Central and Southern Africa (COPECSA) and Aga Khan University (AKU) held a successful 2.5 day workshop on cancer staging with over 20 pathologists from across the ECSA region and expert faculty from the United States, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

The workshop series, held November 16-18, 2018; at AKU in Nairobi, Kenya, featured the following cancers:

Head & Neck
Breast
Endometrial & Ovarian
Gastric & Esophageal.

The sessions consisted of short, 30 minute lectures covering the most important information for solving the cases, 2-hour sessions for completing cases in small groups, and a 1-hour session where challenging, local cases were reviewed by the expert faculty.