GEANCO, dedicated to medical education
Permanent, positive changes in healthcare development of the African continent must be driven primarily by local doctors and other healthcare professionals.
GEANCO is dedicated to designing, developing and managing institutions for medical education in the African country of Nigeria.
Part of our goal is to spread medical knowledge and awareness throughout Africa and the world using all available means, including the internet.
On May 3 from 10:00am - 2:00pm, GEANCO will host a symposium on HIV/AIDS and Malaria, Africa's two deadliest diseases, in Ramo Auditorium on the Caltech campus.
The symposium will feature prominent researchers discussing the latest cutting-edge research on these two devastating diseases, particularly as they affect Africa. David Baltimore, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate and President Emeritus of Caltech, will present the headlining lecture.
We will also hear from aid-providers who have tackled these diseases first-hand.
Event participants will therefore include researchers and scientists as well as doctors and nonprofit professionals working on the ground.
The symposium will provide a powerful opportunity for Caltech University faculty, scientists, and students, as well as others in the Los Angeles area, to gain a clearer understanding of Africa's greatest challenges and the ways through which the rest of the world can help the continent meet those challenges most effectively.
The meeting will be webcast (starting 05/06), and the foundation will host viewings and discussions in Nigeria, so that members of the medical and research communities in Africa and elsewhere
can benefit from the knowledge shared.
Excerpts from GEANCO's recent expedition to Anambra state, Nigeria.
Teaser posters for the Caltech campus: 1 & 2, 3, & 4.
Dr. Joel Breman, senior scientific advisor at the Fogarty International Center, will talk about the epidemiology of Malaria.
Dr. Bruce Hay
will speak about a gene which selfishly spreads throughout the mosquito population, simultaneously promoting Malaria resistance.
Dr. Martha Sedegah, Senior Scientist of the Malaria Program at the NMRC, will speak about her progress developing a Malaria vaccine, which is currently in Phase 1 trials.
Ms. Piya Sorcar, will speak about her online tools for spreading HIV awareness, InteractiveTeachingAIDS.org.
