Fr : Tr : African BME Societies

[André Mboulè]

Le Dimanche 22 janvier 2017 7h37, Anna Worm <an...@worm.nl> a écrit :

Dear all,

Mario thank you for your mail. I'm grateful to see that IFMBE  is recognizing the initiatives that are taking place in all these African countries.

Through this email I would like to encourage all of you to read Mario's mail and attachments with careful attention and reply to his questions (at the end of the mail). 

For me this movement is the result of our get together in Johannesburg in 2015 and this is the opportunity for your associations to make next steps. 

Your replies and efforts will decide how things will develop further. I have a lot of confidence in you.

Please let me or Mario know if you need  clarification or what so ever.

Let 2017 be a year where African BME associations will grow and be successful!

All the best

Anna

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From: Mario Forjaz Secca <mariofor...@mac.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:54:06 AM
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Subject: African BME Societies

 

Dear colleagues and friends

First of all let me start by wishing you a Fantastic Year of 2017, full of personal and professional achievements and happiness. An hope that this year we will have the opportunity to all contribute to make the world a better place.

I work with IFMBE, as a member of the Administrative Council and Chairman of the Working Group on Developing Countries. I am a strong supporter of the creation of African National BME societies, and of heavier involvement of African countries in IFMBE and worldwide BME activities. I was therefore extremely pleased with the THET meeting in Johannesburg, at Anna Worm's initiative, but unfortunately I could not attend.

Learning of the original plan to create an African Federation of Biomedical Engineering, we discussed it within IFMBE.

This discussion group included Marc Nyssen, the Treasurer of IFMBE and heavily involved in projects in Africa, Anna Worm, whom you all know, Adriana Velazquez, from WHO, and myself.

Our proposal was the alternative creation of a Working Group on African Activities within the Federation, from where we can give a lot of institutional and logistic support.

I include as attachments three files: “Considerations on the African Federation”, “Considerations on the African Activities Working Group” and a provisional "African Activities Working Group Charter”, which will give you an idea of the scope and aim of the group proposed. 

Last month I returned home to Mozambique, to live and work here, so I can give some help from the inside, working locally. I will not only be an IFMBE member helping Africa, but also an insider fighting for the rights of one of the African countries.

When discussing where to meet next, Marc Nyssen suggested "a follow-up meeting in Africa, in order to effectively bring together the representatives of the African Biomedical Engineering Societies and activate this African Working Group”, and proposed "Africa Health” in Johannesburg in June 2017. However, this is just a suggestion and needs acceptance from most of you and the ability of the majority of the representatives to attend. Most of you will have difficulty finding funds for traveling so we will have to find a way to finance the meeting. I will see what we can do within IFMBE.

After 2017, there will be the IFMBE World Congress in 2018 in Prague, where we expect a lot of you to attend and where we should have another meeting.

Later we will start thinking about a possible three yearly African regional Conference cycle, following the one in Nigeria, and which should start in 2019.

Below I wrote down a few questions which I ask you to answer to prepare the next steps.

Best regards

Mario

Questions

Several questions that we need urgently to get this process moving:

1. Do you agree with IFMBE Working Group proposal?

1. Who will be the representative person or persons for your country?

2. Who will be interested and available to attend a meeting in 2017?

3. Do you agree with the regional division proposed? Do you have any suggestions?

4. Can you suggest leaders for your group, which should be subject to an internal vote?

________________________________________________________

Mário Forjaz Secca

     
Member of the Administrative Council of IFMBE
Chairman of the Working Group on Developing Countries of IFMBE
President of  Sociedade Portuguesa de Eng. Biomédica (SPEB)
Associate Professor of Biophysics at UNL, Lisboa (on permanent leave)
Member of the Superior Council of Grupo Entreposto, Lisboa

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering consultant at BioF, Maputo, Mozambique

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Address in Mozambique:

Av. Mártires de Mueda 525 - 2º Dto, Polana Cimento, Maputo

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Tel. +351-21-410-4847             
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[André Mboulè]

Hi All,

Please consider the attachements.

Regards,

MBOULE A.

Le Dimanche 22 janvier 2017 5h54, Mario Forjaz Secca <mariofor...@mac.com> a écrit :

Dear colleagues anPleasends

[BST SARL DIPENDE]

MY DEARS

I AM VERY EMOTIONNED  WHEN I READ WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED CONCERNING OUR FUTURE IN OUR JOB.

EFFECTIVELY IT IS DIFFICULT TO SETTLE A PLATE FORM IN THOSE NEWS INNOVATING SECTORS LIKE BIOMEDICAL WHICH IS OUR OWN,MANY INTERFRENCES ARE FOUND  IN MOUVING IT.

I AM COMPLETLY SATISFIED WITH ALL THE PROPOSALS YOU  DID CONCERNING OUR CREATION OF AFRICAN BIOMEDICAL SOCIETIES IN WHICH SOMETJING CAN GROW.

WE HAVE TO AFFECT  IN AND  WITH ALL THE AFRICAN COMPETENCES WE CAN FINE IN THAT SPECIFICAL DOMAIN WHICH IS FOCUSSED TO HELP IN HEATH TECHNOLOGIES.

I THINK MYSELF AS I DO IT BEFORE TO FIND HERE A PLATE FORM WHERE EVERY ENGENIER IN EVERY COUNTRY  HAVE A BENEFIT SUGGESTION IN DEVELOPPING THE INNOVATING TECHNOLOGIES IN TECHNICAL DOMMAINS IN MANY SECTORS IN HEALH TECHNOLOGIES.

THANK VERY MUCH AND PLEASE CONTINUE

1)I AGREE WITH IMFBE GROUP PROPOSALS ALL

2)I THINK THAT MR MBOULE ANDRE CAN BE THE BEST FOR ME IN CENTRAL AFRICA

3)I AM INTERRESTED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN 2017

4)FOR THE REGIONAL DIVISION,IT IS NECESSARY BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT IN MANY COUNTRIES NO ASSOCIATION EXIST AND WE WILL HELP THEM  WITH THIS AFRICAN ASSOCIATION TO BUILT THEIR OWN WITH THE HELP OF THEIR GOVERNMENT.

5)FOR OUR GROUP IN CAMEROON WE HAVE MANY ENGENEERS WHO BE THERE LIKE MYSELF,MR MBOULE ANDRE,MR FOTSO CHRISTIAN,MR NOUYA BETHEL,

 

Jean DIPENDE
Directeur Général

Biomédical Scientifique Technique (BST) SARL
BP : 20 257 Yaoundé-Cameroun
E-mail : bst...@yahoo.fr
Mobil : (237) 699 86 30 73 / (237) 677 69 71 05

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[Dr Kenneth Ikechuku Nkuma-Udah]

Dear All,

This to me is a dream come true. We already proposed both an African-wide bme group and a sub-regional bme group. So what is presented before us is a more affordable alternative if am asked. To attempt to answer each poser:

1. Do you agree with IFMBE Working Group proposal?

Yes I do

1. Who will be the representative person or persons for your country?

I suggest across board let the National Presidents where they exist represent their countries

2. Who will be interested and available to attend a meeting in 2017?

I will be available for a meeting in June 2017

3. Do you agree with the regional division proposed? Do you have any suggestions?

Lets use the UN grouping as follows:
1. Eastern Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
2. Central or Middle Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe,
3. Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara
4. Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland
5. Western Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

4. Can you suggest leaders for your group, which should be subject to an internal vote?

For West Africa we elected a Working Group in South Africa, 2015.

Additional Thought:
1. We dont need to bother about multiple language since this WG is IFMBE's and their is no provision for multiple language. Every transaction should be in English. However, initially there may be need for occasional interpretation if its seen that in any session/meeting many are not coping. The other way to resolve this is for a few session that are predominantly French to be conducted in French ie. in conferences.

2. More to come

Dr Kenneth Ikechukwu Nkuma-Udah, FCBET
The President, Association of Biomedical Engineers and Technologists of Nigeria
c/o Department of Biomedical Technology,
Federal University of Technology, PMB 1526, Owerri, Imo State,
Nigeria.
Tel: 234-82-552633; 234-803-5450616; 234-802-7233371; 234-805-3264346;

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[Mladen Poluta]

Dear All (apologies for my deficiency in not being able to speak French)

During a conversation with IFMBE colleagues today, the question was asked what web-based tool/s would be appropriate for teleconferencing in our (African) context, as one way of etsbalishing greater collaboration and interaction both within the Region and beyond. The tool would obviously need to be usable across a number of platforms, be cost-effective, require low bandwidth, be robust and reliable, etc.

Would you have any suggestions? Has anyone evaluated existing solutions and identified appropriate candidates?

If so, please let me know. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Warm greetings and best regards

Mladen (Poluta)

[André Mboulè]

Hi Mladen,

Nice to hear from you.

I have been using Skype for teleconferencing with many colleagues and partners. Recently, I discovered Hangouts with the Project Management Institute (PMI) Cameroon Chapter members.

I hope that would help.

Kind regards,

MBOULE A.

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[Mladen Poluta]

Hi Andre

Thank you. Does Skype work - in your experience - for a bigger group?

Kind regards

Mladen

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[André Mboulè]

Mladen,

I have not tried Skype for a group of more than 10. And it seems Skype might need a wider bandwidth.

MBOULE A.

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