Transcript AFRICA REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

AFRICAN
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
ARAOH
ARAOH
 Contents
 Founded in 1980
 Constitution
 PACOH conferences
 2009 – ICOH Congress in Cape Town
 2010 – Meeting
 2011 – ARAOH/SASOM Congress – Board meetings
 2012 – ICOH2012
 2014 – ARAOH Congress
1980
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ARAOH was founded in Ibedan, Nigeria
President and committee elected
Constitution was drawn up
PACOH Conferences Cairo, Durban, Morocco, etc
Progress dogged by vast distances in Africa and lack of
finance and support
2009
 ICOH Congress in Cape Town
 South African Society of Occupational Medicine
(SASOM) called a meeting of interested persons
 Meeting attended by 44 delegates from 19 African
countries
 Discussion on revival of ARAOH
 Signatures & contact email addresses collected
 Invitations to next SASOM Congress for further
negotiations
2010
 SASOM Annual Congress 29-30 July 2010 at Birchwood
Hotel near Johannesburg, South Africa
 ARAOH revival meeting attended by delegates from
Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa
 ARAOH Constitution – changes discussed
 SASOM offers administrative services for membership,
French translation of Constitution and minutes, and next
congress.
FIRST ARAOH MEETING 2010
(Held on 29 JULY 2010 at the Birchwood Hotel near Johannesburg, South Africa)
 Aim:
To restart ARAOH as defined at a meeting during the
ICOH2009 Congress in March 2009 in Cape Town.
 Present :
 Dr Khalifa Cisse (Senegal)
 Dr Adriaan Combrinck
(SASOM Executive Committee member)
 Prof Daan Kocks (Chairman SASOM)
 Mr Modise Mogotse (SASOM)
 Ms Claudina Nogueira
(SASOM Executive Committee member)
 Dr Musa Nyandusi (Kenya)
 Mrs Uche Ojomo
(ICOH Board Member, Nigeria)
 Dr Charles Roos
(ICOH National Secretary , South Africa,
SASOM Executive Committee)
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Prof Mary Ross (ICOH Board
member and SASOM Executive
Committee member)
Dr Ferdie Smith (SASOM, Former
ICOH National Secretary for
South Africa)
Dr Abdoul Kader Toure (Senegal)
Dr Danie Ungerer (Treasurer,
SASOM Executive Committee)
Mrs Jenny Acutt - Scribe (SASOM
National Office)
CONSTITUTION
Founded in Ibadan, Nigeria, on 1 December 1980.
Article 1: Name, office and language
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Section 1
The name of the organisation is AFRICAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH. Throughout this Constitution the acronym ARAOH will be
used when referring to the Association.
Section 2
The secretariat is located in South Africa.
Section 3
The official languages of the association are English and French. All official
documents are written in both these languages. Depending on the place where a
meeting or congress of ARAOH is held, the Board may consider a third language as
official. Notice of the use of an additional language will be given at least nine
months before an ARAOH congress, or three months before any other event, is to
take place.
2011
 ARAOH/SASOM Congress 25-27 August 2011
 Care for the occupational health needs of the worker –
Biological, Physical & Psychological
 Delegates from Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada,
France, Ghana, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria,
Senegal, South Africa, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe
 80 Keynote, plenary and parallel presentations
 Next ARAOH Congress in 2014
 Networking and meetings
ARAOH BOARD MEETING
(Held on 27 August 2011 at the Birchwood Hotel near Johannesburg, South Africa)
 Present :
 Dr O Akiba (Nigeria)
 Dr C Cisse (Senegal)
 Dr M Coombs (South Africa)
 Dr Babacar Fall
(ICOH National Secretary – Senegal)
 Prof D Kocks (South Africa)
 Dr D Moyo (Zimbabwe)
 Dr T Ngozo (Zimbabwe)
 Dr V Nhlapho (South Africa)
 Ms C Nogueira ( South Africa)
 Dr M Nyandusi (Kenya)
 Dr M Nyandusi (Kenya)
 Mrs U Ojomo
(ICOH Board member, Nigeria)
 Dr C Roos
(ICOH National Secretary – South
Africa)
 Prof M Ross
(ICOH Board member, South Africa)
 Dr B Sangare-Tigori (Ivory Coast)
 Dr L Seymore (South Africa)
 Dr F Smith (South Africa)
 Dr A K Toure (Senegal)
 Dr D Ungerer (South Africa)
 Scribe: Mrs J Acutt
ICOH Newsletter - Nov 2011
(Report on the ARAOH/SASOM Congress)
 The Africa Regional Association of Occupational Health (ARAOH)/
South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM) Congress
‘Care for the occupational health needs of the worker: Biological,
Physical and Psychological’ 25-27 (August 2011).
 The ARAOH/SASOM Congress near Johannesburg, South Africa was
a huge success, judging by the compliments received from the
Congress presenters and attendees.
 Delegates and presenters came from Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon,
Canada, France, Ghana, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi,
Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America, Zambia
and Zimbabwe.
 Excellent presentations addressed every aspect of ‘Care for the
occupational health needs of the worker: Biological, Physical and
Psychological’.
ICOH Newsletter - Nov 2011
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The number of parallel sessions on travel medicine, hazardous
chemical substances and hazardous biological agents, and the
tracks on the International Commission on Occupational Health,
the SA Society of Occupational Health Nursing Practitioners, the SA
Institute of Occupational Hygiene and Elixir Health, left the
delegates spoilt for choice.
The Neil White Memorial Seminar was incorporated into the
programme and excellent presentations addressed occupational
lung conditions, including asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer
and occupational asthma.
Much networking and several ‘business’ meetings took place during
the three days. The enthusiasm and camaraderie was tangible. The
original ARAOH Board of eight persons swelled to 17 as officials
from the different countries wished to contribute to ARAOH in
future.
The next ARAOH Congress
 The next ARAOH Congress is scheduled for 2014
 Offers to host the event are awaited by the ARAOH
Board.
 The ARAOH Secretariat can be contacted on
[email protected]
ARAOH BOARD August 2011
Back row L-R : Dr T Ngozo, Dr Khalifa Cisse, Dr Leon Seymore, Dr Musa Nyandusi, Dr Dingani Moyo, Dr Kader Toure,
Dr Charles Roos, Dr Okon Akiba, Dr Babacar Fall, Dr Ferdie Smith, Prof Daan Kocks, Prof Mary Ross, Dr Danie Ungerer.
Front row L-R: Ms Jenny Acutt, Mrs Uche Ojomo, Ms Claudina Nogueira, Dr Beatrice Sangara and Dr Vusi Nhlapho
Proposed ARAOH Logos
Developed by Dr Khalifa Cisse & Dr Kader Toure
ARAOH SECRETARIAT
 Postal address:
P O Box 32, Silverton, Gauteng, 0127, South Africa
 Email address: [email protected]
 Website : www.araoh.org
 Telephone: +27 (12) 803 7418
 Fax: +27 (11) 507 5085
 Contact person: Mrs Jenny Acutt
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