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Recaps from every AHA Monthly Speaker Series session.

A running record of what practitioners across the continent are seeing — oncology, mental health, liver disease, AI in medicine, and more — written up as a brief you can read in under ten minutes.


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6 recaps · 2026
Jul 29, 2026
Practical AI for African healthcare: from hype to real-world impact.

Where AI actually helps clinicians today, what breaks in African deployment contexts, and how to build systems that clinicians can trust.

Dr. Franck Tchafa
Jun 24, 2026
The state of cancer care in 2026.

Practice-changing studies and honest gaps in African cancer care, drawn from key abstracts at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting.

ASCO 2026 panel
May 27, 2026
How grant strategy meets RSV science — and why global health needs both.

The growing impact of RSV across Africa, paired with practical strategy for the grant work that funds the response.

RSV & grant strategy
Apr 29, 2026
Liver disease is Africa's silent burden — and screening could change everything.

An engaging session on liver disease as a critical yet under-addressed public health challenge, and the case for screening as continental strategy.

Dr. Tegwinde Rebeca Compaoré
Mar 25, 2026
Mental health in Africa: breaking the silence.

A frank discussion on breaking the stigma around mental health care in African contexts, and why this conversation cannot wait any longer.

Mental health panel
Jan 28, 2026
Building Africa's healthcare future together.

AHA's first monthly virtual meeting of 2026 — a launch session on shared priorities, cross-sector collaboration, and what the year would build toward.

Opening gathering
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