[AfSHG-Listserv] African Society of Human Genetics has beenaccepted into the International Federation of Human GeneticsSocieties

[Hiba Salah]

Hi every one
This is really great progress to our society, fantastic effort from
the leaders, we all appreciated, Thank you Adebowale for updating all
the members 
Best wishes
Hiba

---- Original Message ----
From: aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu
To: listserv at afshg.org
Subject: RE: [AfSHG-Listserv] African Society of Human Genetics has
beenaccepted into the International Federation of Human
GeneticsSocieties
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:22:42 -0500

>Hello everyone,
>
> 
>
>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.
>
> 
>
>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. 
>
> 
>
>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.
>
> 
>
>Congratulations, everyone!
>
> 
>
> 
>
> Dr Adebowale Adeyemo
>
>Communications/IT
>
>African Society of Human Genetics
>
>aadeyemo at afshg.org
>
>www.afshg.org <http://www.afshg.org/> 
>
> 
>
>National Human Genome Center
>
>Howard University
>
>2216 6th Street NW
>
>Washington, DC 20059
>
>aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
>

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Dr. Hiba Salah-Eldin Mohamed, BSC, MSC, PhD.
Department of Molecular Biology
Institute of Endemic Diseases
University of Khartoum 
Medical Campus, Qasser Street
P.O.BOX 102, Khartoum-Sudan