Ahfad Centre of Excellence

Advancing social accountability and interprofessional education in health

Working with health-professions institutions and communities to support equitable, responsive health systems in Sudan.

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About the centre

Health education that responds to society

The Ahfad Centre of Excellence for Social Accountability in Health is the Sudan chapter of The Network: Towards Unity for Health. It supports health-professions education institutions through networking, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, research, and advocacy.

The Centre is licensed to share TUFH tools and services in social accountability and interprofessional education, including institutional assessment, academies, communities of practice, and future tools developed through the Centre.

Our purpose

A shared direction for equitable health

Vision

A leading academic centre

To be a recognised academic centre contributing to an equitable health system in Sudan through socially accountable health-education institutions.

Mission

Accountability through collaboration

To advance social accountability in health-professions education through networking, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, research, and advocacy that influences policy and improves health equity.

Objectives

From learning to impact

Promote social accountability in health professions education and health systems.
Strengthen interprofessional education and collaborative care.
Advance collaborative research that responds to community needs and health-system priorities.
Advocate for community-responsive policies that improve health equity.
Strengthen health-workforce competencies for serving vulnerable populations.

Centre structure

Governance, expertise, and action

The Centre joins strategic leadership with specialist committees that turn shared priorities into practical work.

Governance Leadership Council

Advisory Board

Executive Office

Technical and Scientific

Capacity Building

Research and Publications

Advocacy and Policy

Communities of Practice

What we do

Activities

Capacity building

Developing the knowledge and practical capacity of health-professions institutions through social-accountability and interprofessional-education approaches.

Research and publication

Supporting collaborative inquiry focused on community needs, health-system priorities, evidence sharing, and public learning.

Policy dialogue and advocacy

Bringing institutions and stakeholders together to encourage community-responsive policy and more equitable health systems.

Our network

Connected locally and globally

The Network: Towards Unity for Health is a global network and a non-state actor in official relations with the World Health Organization. It supports health-systems strengthening through social accountability, interprofessional collaboration, and care for vulnerable communities.

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