AFRICAACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
1NAME AND OBJECTIVE
1.1The name of the Academy shall be “The Africa Academy for Environmental Health”.
1.2The Academy is a body of academic institutions, organisations representing environmental health professionals and expert practitioners for the advancement of the science and practice of environmental health in Africa to represent academic institutions and the Africa Group of IFEH and to promote the interest and uphold the status of environmental health training in Africa.
1.3For the purpose of co-ordination and administration, the Academy is centred in the Republic of South Africa at the Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria).
2MEMBERSHIP
2.1Membership shall be confined to any recognized institution responsible for environmental or public health (with environmental healthqualification) training in Africa and if nosuch training exists in the respective country then the recognisednational environmental health professional bodie(s)/association(s) in thatcountry.
2.2Individual academics and expert professionals may become associate members by invitation and approval of the EXCO of IFEH – the register is still in a developmental phase
3AIMS
3.1To advance the discipline of environmental health training in Africa.
3.2To represent key stakeholders in environmental health training in Africa.
3.3To strive to improve the standard of environmental health training in Africa
3.4To promote the national continental and international recognition of environmental health.
3.5To be a point of reference to professional advice on environmental health training.
3.6To facilitate contact with other international environmental health training institutions and bodies/associations that share values compatible with the aims of the Academy.
3.7To promote exchange of environmental health academics and professionals within Africa and abroad.
3.8To promote sharing of best practices in environmental health within Africa and abroad.
3.9To promote and facilitate collaborative environmental health research and training.
Completed application forms must be submitted electronically to the Chairperson of the AfricaAcademy for Environmental Health (AAEH). The Institution applying for membershipwill be informed in writing as tothe outcome of their application as soon as the EXCO membershipof the AAEH hasreviewed and commented uponthe application. Applications should be e-mailed to the Chairperson at the following e-mail address:
Please visit the AAEH website for more detail on projects and initiatives at . No membership fees are applicable at the present time.
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Membership application form Africa Academy for EH Rev02