Meet the Public Health Officers Tour 2015

It's just one day to go! I'm getting ready to meet Public Health Officers in the health regions across the country. This is the first tour of our Executive Committee and I'm excited to have the opportunity to meet and interact with public health professionals and hear their concerns and discuss what  the Gambia Association of Public Health Officers (GAPHO) can do for its members. The tour has five specific objectives which are to:

1. Present GAPHO’s work plan covering the period April 2015 – March 2016 and update members on the activities of  the Executive Committee; 
2. Share and discuss the MOU between the MOH&SW and FSQA- with a particular emphasis on the obligations of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare;
3. Discuss the concerns and challenges of PHOs in the health regions;
4. Identify contact persons for GAPHO in all the health regions to facilitate communication;
5. Sensitise/orient members on the code of conduct of PHOs in The Gambia.

My expectations are that there will be an impressive response from the regions and that public health officers will discusss their concerns and challenges with us.