AfHEA

African Health Economics and Policy Association

The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) (French: Association Africaine d'Economie et Politique de la Santé) is a professional association for health economists and policy makers in Africa established in 2009 in Accra. The Association aims to strengthen the use of health economics and health policy analysis in Africa to improve efficiency in health systems. AfHEA is a bilingual organisation operating in English and French. AfHEA is one of three key health professional associations in Africa, the others being the African Federation of Public Health Associations and African Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It has created a space for professionals to share and discuss issues from their experiences. The Association holds biennial conferences which are an important space for sharing research on African health systems. They are also used by the WHO Regional Africa Office for Africa's health financing programme. AFHEA’s biennial conferences are an important space for sharing WHO African Region’s research on health systems performance. That space is being used by the WHO Regional Africa Office for Africa’s health financing and economics programme and has the potential for leveraging to share the work by other programmes on health systems and health services. Scholarships are available to help female researchers and students from low-income countries attend the conferences.