PRIMAFAMED is a network of academic institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, which are focused on training and research in the discipline of family medicine. The majority of members therefore are Departments of Family Medicine and Primary Care within sub-Saharan Africa at academic institutions or universities.
Where no academic institutions exist or where individuals are not part of such institutions, it may also be possible for individuals focused on training and research in the discipline of family medicine to be part of the network.
Current members of the network are listed below:
Country / Institution / Individual:
Angola – Angolan College of Family Medicine- Angolan Medical Council (Josemar De Lima)
Benin – Centre of Research in Human Reproduction and Demography (CERRHUD)
Botswana – University of Botswana
Democratic Republic of Congo – Protestant University of Congo; University of Mwene-Ditu
Eswatini – University of Swaziland
Ethiopia – University of Addis Ababa
Ghana – University of Ghana
Kenya – University of Maseno, Kabarak, Aga Khan, Moi, Kenyatta
Lesotho – Lesotho-Boston Alliance (Leboha); Ministry of Health (Lisebo Mojaje)
Madagascar – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph-Raseta Befelatanana Antananarivo
Malawi – University of Malawi
Mali – University of Bamako
Mozambique – University of Mozambique; Lurio University (Paulo Henrique das Neves Martins Pires); Hospital Geral Polana Caniço and Eduardo Mondlane University Clinic
Namibia – University of Namibia (Zelra Malan)
Nigeria – University of Lagos; University of Calabar (Abrahams Gyuse); Federal Medical Centre (Fatusin Betty)
Senegal – University of Thies
Sierra Leone – University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex
Somaliland – Amoud University (Fathia, Mubarik Abdilahi)
South Africa – University of Cape Town (Jennie Morgan, Maggie de Swart); University of Stellenbosch (Bob Mash, Ian Couper); University of KwaZulu-Natal (Bernhard Gaede); University of Pretoria (Jannie Hugo); Universities of Free State, Witwatersrand, Sefako Makgatho, Limpopo, Walter Sisulu Nelson Mandela University
South Sudan – University of Juba (Machour Daniel Awuol)
Sudan – Ahfad University of Woman; University of Gezira
Tanzania – Aga Khan University
Togo – University of Lome
Uganda – University of Makerere (Innocent Besigye); Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Vincent Mubangizi)
Zambia – University of Zambia
Zimbabwe – College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe; National University of Science and Technology; University of Zimbabwe