Fifth Annual Conference on the Health of the African Diaspora

The 5th Annual Conference on the Health of the African Diaspora was cosponsored by NYU Africa House and held on February 19, 2010. The guests of honor included Benjamin Kumbuor, the Ghanaian Minister for Health, and Bob Burns. The conference covered many topics focusing on public health in Africa. Dr. Shaffiq Essejee, Dr. Lewis Goldfrank, Dr. Mary Ann Hopkins, Dr. Gary S. Belkin, Dr. Phillipe Nyambi, Dr. Bouke DeJong, Dr. Robert Schneider, Catherine Ford, Dr. Allen Keller, Dr. Hawthorne Smith, and Dr. Andrew Rasmussen all presented their research.