The Proposed 'Centre for Global Health' Project

The ABSU Medical Alumni Association Inc. is on a mission to connecting Nigerian health care services, Physicians, healthcare professionals and researchers to global health care resources, including the US health care resources, thereby bridging the gap in global  health disparity. One of the major ways of achieving this innovative project is through the development of healthcare infrastructure, notably the timely construction of a state-of-the-art global health facility in Abia State University Teaching Hospital Campus, Aba, Nigeria.

Public-Private-Partnership – The ABSU Medical Alumni Association Inc. sees the government as a powerful player in healthcare delivery to partner with in achieving these goals. Our first objective is to propose to the Abia State Government, the building and development of a Center for Global Health Practice. In this modern facility, which will be located in the Medical School, groups of global researchers and practitioners would independently offer a state of the art population health care services and cutting edge medical research programs in primary care  and global public health, to serve the global and local community alike.

The Center will be a large building complex housing up to about 500 offices; built, owned and operated by a consortium of global health players, individual specialists and the Abia State Government. The immediate task will be to bring all stakeholders  to together to see the vision of advancing global health care and contribute their share of improving health care in Abia State.

Building this kind of modern facility fitted with IT infrastructure is a key factor underpinning population health research and practice, much needed in undeserved areas of the world.