[AfSHG-Listserv] African Society of Human Genetics has been a ccepted into the International Federation of Human Genetics Societies

[asamoah@pol.net]

Great. Congratulations to you all.

Alexander Asamoah, MD



> Fantastic!!!  This is great news and indeed a major milestone for the
> newly minted African Society of Human Genetics.  Congratulations to all.
>  Let me also be sure to add personal thanks to Professor Raj Ramesar for
> his work in this regard.
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> Georgia M. Dunston
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> From: listserv-bounces at afshg.org [mailto:listserv-bounces at afshg.org] On
> Behalf Of Adebowale Adeyemo
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 3:23 PM
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> Subject: [AfSHG-Listserv] African Society of Human Genetics has been
> accepted into the International Federation of Human Genetics Societies
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> Hello everyone,
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> This is to inform you that the African Society of Human Genetics has
> been accepted as the 7th Full Member society of the International
> Federation of Human Genetics Societies (IFHGS). This is a major
> milestone in the life of our young society as it signifies another step
> in our recognition as a regional human genetics society. Thanks to
> Professor Raj Ramesar for the work he did to get this through.
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> The International Federation of Human Genetics Societies
> (http://www.ifhgs.org <http://www.ifhgs.org/> ) was founded in 1996 to
> provide a transparent structure to facilitate communication throughout
> the international community of human geneticists. The Federation
> provides a platform to share information about research, education and
> clinical services in an interactive way. There are at present several
> types of membership: Full, Corresponding, Affiliate and Preliminary.
> Only
> multinational societies can be Full Members, which at the present time
> comprise: The American Society of Human Genetics, Asia-Pacific Society
> of Human Genetics (APSHG), East Asian Union of Human Genetics Societies
> (EAUHGS), The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG), The Human
> Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), Latin American Network of Human
> Genetics Societies, and (most recently), the African Society of Human
> Genetics (AfSHG). National human genetics societies are eligible to
> participate in the Federation as Corresponding Members. National or
> international organizations representing a specialty dedicated to human
> genetics are eligible to participate in the Federation as Affiliate
> Members. A newly formed organization dedicated to human genetics in a
> country that does not have a national society of human genetics may
> qualify for membership as a Preliminary Member by first affiliating
> itself with a Full Member of the Federation. Any geneticist in the world
> who is a member of an affiliated human genetics society is automatically
> connected to the Federation.
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> Representatives of Full Member societies comprise the Executive
> Committee. Each member society is represented in the Federation by a
> president and a liaison officer.  Raj Ramesar has been nominated to be
> the official liaison of the AfSHG for a five-year term. The liaison goes
> to all the Executive Committee meetings that are usually held in
> conjunction with major human genetics meetings, such as the ASHG meeting
> and the ESHG meeting.
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> Congratulations, everyone!
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>  Dr Adebowale Adeyemo
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> Communications/IT
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> African Society of Human Genetics
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> aadeyemo at afshg.org <mailto:aadeyemo at afshg.org>
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> National Human Genome Center
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> <mailto:aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu>
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