FMIC holds its 11th annual international conference and quality convention
November 6, 2021
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During distributing mementoes to Afghanistan WHO representative by FMIC senior management
FMIC organized its 11th scientific conference and quality convention focused on a Healthier World: Together, Protect and Invest on Health, Quality and Research on November 6 in Kabul.
The event brought together 100 in-person attendees alongside people who were virtually present from as far away as Africa and Europe.
In his keynote speech, Dr Luo Dapeng, WHO Representative in Afghanistan, appreciated the initiative of holding scientific conferences in Afghanistan. “The health system needs reliable public health information and evidence-based findings, which is essential for monitoring and evaluating healthcare services and programmes,” he said.
At the conference, 37 oral presentations were presented physically by Afghan researchers and virtually by researchers from Aga Khan University in Nairobi and Karachi, Pakistan and the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. Besides, more than 100 hundred participants physically attended the conference and more than 200 hundred participants were virtually connected to the event.
FMIC has been holding these conferences year after year. Mr Lee Hilling, chair of the FMIC Board, in his welcome address, acknowledged the FMIC team and its efforts in organizing this year's conference despite many challenges. “FMIC is a platform that can bring together other institutions and entities in Afghanistan and beyond, to promote critical thinking and improve the quality of healthcare" available to people," he added.
Dr Eric Cheysson, president of La Chaine de l’Espoir, reminded participants of FMIC’s work from 2006 to date: “it has done much to serve and save the lives of Afghan patients and the Institute’s success is the result of common efforts and commitments.”
Poster presentations were also a part of the conference with 36 posters being displayed at the FMIC premises. These were evaluated by the conference scientific committee and mementoes were distributed to the researchers.
Mr Nadeem Mustafa Khan, a member of the FMIC Board, closed the conference, highlighting how such conferences can establish and sustain a culture of evidence-based practice in medicine.
