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ABN Individual and Organizational Membership
Written by Super UserWritten on Monday, 10 April 2023 07:56 in Blog Be the first to comment! Read 628 times Read more...
ABN endeavors to bring together multidisciplinary experts in health; the environment and climate change; sustainability, justice and responsibility; natural sciences; policy and governance; social sciences and humanities from Africa. We aim to ensure that awareness, strong relationships, fostering innovation through bioethics putting bioethics knowledge into practice and collaborating for excellence and impact.
Call for abstracts Bioethics Conference Deadline 31st March 2023
The Hybrid conference will be held on the 18th and 19th of May 2023 at St Paul's university, Kenya. This global conference is facilitated by St Paul's University in collaboration with Africa Bioethics Network, BCA-WA-ETHICS II (http://www.bcawaethicsii.com/), EDCTP2 (https://www.edctp.org/), University of Zaragoza (http://unizar.es/) among others.
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S T R E N G T H E N I N G P O L I C Y I N M E N T A L H E A L T H B I O E T H I C S
Written by Super UserWritten on Monday, 10 April 2023 07:35 in Blog Be the first to comment! Read 616 times Read more...
The burden and inequalities in mental healthcare throughout the world are critical important health issues, and taken together present immense ethical challenges. Also, one of the key Kenyan mental health policy rationales is to promote the rights of persons suffering from mental disorders in accordance with both the local and global laws. The COVID-19 pandemic, brought to light ethical challenges in relation to mental health that can arise when a health care system is stretched to its limits. Health professionals, social workers, and the public faced challenges. There has been an increase in suicide rates and or concern at the lack of support for mental/behavioural health needs for
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MENTAL HEALTH BIOETHICS CONFERENCE 2023
Written by Super UserWritten on Thursday, 04 May 2023 07:30 in Blog Be the first to comment! Read 484 times Read more...
CONFERENCE DATES 18th & 19th May, 2023
Conference Venue: St. Paul’s University Main campus, Limuru
Conference Title: Strengthening Policy in Mental Health Bioethics
Theme: Mental Health Research, Treatment, Equity and Stigmatization in Africa
Submit Abstract / Paper / Posters to: Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Conference website: https://spuconferences.spu.ac.ke/home/pre-conference/
CONFERENCE CHARGES: Physical Attendees KSH. 1,000 (per participant); KSH. 500 (per student) Virtual Attendees FREE PAY TO MPESA WALLET Pay bill - 632333 Account - BIO2023
Download the Conference pdf below