The newest addition to the family of FAIMER Regional Institutes, the Southern Africa-FAIMER Regional Institute (SAFRI), was launched in mid-February. SAFRI, FAIMER’s first regional initiative on the continent of Africa, is piloting a program configuration that includes three residential contact sessions over the course of the two-year fellowship. The second residential session will take place in June of this year, and the third will take place in March 2009. In addition to participants from medical schools, the inaugural SAFRI class includes representatives from schools of physiotherapy, nursing, dentistry, public health, and laboratory sciences. Two of the Fellows are from Uganda and one is from Zambia, with the rest from South Africa. The same interactive teaching methods used at other Regional Institutes were used in South Africa, with great success. Faculty at the February session of SAFRI included seven FAIMER Fellows. Five additional FAIMER Fellows will participate as faculty at the June session.
The following is a list of participating SAFRI Fellows:
Gerda Botha, University of Limpopo, South Africa
François de Villiers, University of Limpopo, South Africa
Wilma de Witt, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Christian Ezeala, Kampala International University, Uganda
Jose Frantz, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Alwyn Louw, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Lastina Lwatula, Ministry of Health, Zambia
Samuel Maling, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
Karien Mostert, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Gloria Mtshali, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nirmala Naidoo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Franciscus Peters, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Glynis Pickworth, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Saraswathi Singaram, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Anna Voce, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Firdouza Waggie, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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(posted February 22, 2008; updated March 7, 2008, March 17, 2008, April 30, 2008)
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