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Chair Jonathan A. Carr, MBChB, PhD Tygerberg, South Africa
Chair-Elect Ali Shalash, MD, PhD Cairo, Egypt
Secretary Albert Akpalu, MBChB, MSc Accra, Ghana
Secretary-Elect Houyam Tibar, MD-PhD student Casablanca, Morocco
Treasurer Samia Ben Sassi, MD Tunis, Tunisia
Treasurer-Elect Oluwadamilola Ojo, MD Lagos, Nigeria
Past Chair Njideka Okubadejo, MBChB, FMCP, FAAN Lagos, Nigeria
Ferzana Hassan Amod, MBBCh, FCNeurology Durban, South Africa
David Brodie-Mends, MD Accra, Ghana
Lorraine Audrey Chishimba, MD Lusaka, Zambia
Maouly Fall, MD Dakar, Senegal
Daniel Gams Massi, MD Douala, Cameroon
Nomena F. Rasaholiarison, MD Antananarivo, Madagascar
Riaan M. van Coller, MMed, PhD Pretoria, South Africa
Yared Zewde, MD Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Chair Ademola Ayodele Oremosu, MBBS, MSc, PhD Surulere, Nigeria
Co-Chair Mary Agoriwo, BSc, MSc Ho, Ghana
Eman Hamid Abdeldayem, MD El Rehab City, Egypt
Mahendranath Busgopaul, BSc Port Louis, Mauritius
Chahnez Charfi Triki, PhD Sfax, Tunisia
Nkechi A. Obianozie, MD Abuja, Nigeria
Oluwadamilola Ojo, MD Lagos, Nigeria
Adrian Mugenyi Kakooza Kampala, Uganda
Past Chair Ali S. Shalash, MD, PhD Cairo, Egypt
Nestor Nsengiyumva, MD Bujumbura, Burundi
Yusuf S. Jamnagerwalla, MD, MMed, MSc Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Selam Kifelew Melkamu, MD Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Yasser Mecheri, MD Constantine, Algeria
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