5th SickleInAfrica Consortium Meeting: Nairobi,Kenya

This meeting will bring together SADaCC, SPARCO, SPAN, funders, representatives of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patient support groups and other stakeholders. The main objectives of the meeting are to:
present ongoing activities and review progress:
• facilitate face to face meetings for the SADaCC & SPARCO Steering Committee
• engage representatives of SCD patient support groups
• obtain feedback from Independent Advisory Committee Members
• developed proposals for the NIH call for SADaCC and SPARCo renewal

Trainers/Speakers: 
Ambroise Wonkam, Nicola Mulder, Obiageli Nnodu, Vivian Painstil, Emmanuel Balandya, Julie Makani
Event Theme/Subject Category: 
Consortium Meeting
Coordinator's name: 
Vicky Nembaware, Malula Nkanyemka
Coordinator's email address : 
vnembaware@gmail.com,mnkanyemka@blood.ac.tz
Name of Venue, Institute: 
Ole-Sereni Hotel: https://www.ole-sereni.com/
City of Venue: 
Nairobi
Country of Venue: 
Kenya
Organisers/Organizing Body: 
SADaCC and SPARCo Hub
Sponsors/Funders: 
NHLBI-NIH
Dates of Event: 
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 08:00 to Saturday, March 14, 2020 - 18:00
Eligibility & Application Instructions: 
Nominated or invited
Extra information: 
An application form for SickleInAfrica Big Data Analytics Travel Fellowship will be released in January. These Fellowships are subject to availability of funding
Targeted Learning Outcomes: 
-Review and reflect on SickleInAfrica progress to date -Plan publications for Year 4. -Plan for the NIH proposals
SickleInAfrica Project/PI/Working Group: 
SADaCC