2019
6 to 8 October 2019 – 7th International GIERAF Congress, Douala Cameroon
ANARA was proudly represented at the 7th International Congress of Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche et d’Application sur la Fertilité (GIERAF) in Douala, Cameroon by Drs
16 and 17 September 2019 – Ghana ART centres engage with ANARA. 18 to 20 September 2019 – FERSOG Conference, Accra, Ghana.
ANARA team members Dr Paversan Archary and Liezel Potgieter visited 10 ART centres in Accra, Tema and Kumasi. Acquaintances were made, friendships forged and ANARA’s mission
ART utilization: Indicator of access to infertility care
Africa is again represented in the 2015 ICMART World Report presented by Dr David Adamson, chair of ICMART, at the annual conference of ESHRE. In a
ESHRE Conference, Vienna, Austria
Leaders of Reproductive Networks in Africa meet at the ESHRE conference in Vienna to strengthen relationships and discuss regional collaboration. In a very successful meeting ANARA
May 2019 – Kenya ART centres engage with ANARA
Clinical and laboratory directors of ART centres in Nairobi engaged with national, anonymous data collection in Kenya as the ANARA director visited all ART centres in
Data Collection 2015-2017
ICMART, the International Committee Monitoring ART, issues its global call for 2015 registry data. Anara commences data collection simultaneously for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017.
ANARA Newsletter
The 3rd edition of the ANARA newsletter is circulated within our network; and for inter-network connectivity to leaders of other reproductive networks in Africa and beyond.
March 8-10: AFOG Conference, Cotonou, Benin
At the 3rd conference of the African Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Drs Ibrahim Wada (President of AFRH), Moise Fiadjoe (President of GIERAF), Ernestine Gwett-Bell (Past-President
The ANARA Inaugural Report is published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online
The ANARA Inaugural Report is published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online. The paper is accompanied by an Editorial from the Chief Editor, Bart Fauser, highlighting
South-South Registry collaboration
The Directors of the Latin American Registry and ANAR (Fernando Zegers-Hochschild and Silke Dyer) together with their small operational teams agree to freely share each-others registry
2018
The World Health Organization holds a Global Summit Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization holds a Global Summit Meeting on Safety and Access to Fertility Care. In this two-day Summit, representatives from
AFRH Conference, Lagos, Nigeria
Representatives from the Sudanese Human Reproduction and Embryology Society and the Sudanese Clinical Embryology Society meet with Silke Dyer to initiate conversation
ESHRE Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Representatives from the Sudanese Human Reproduction and Embryology Society and the Sudanese Clinical Embryology Society meet with Silke Dyer to initiate conversation regarding
ANARA supports the IFFS (International Federation of Fertility Societies) Surveillance
ANARA supports the IFFS (International Federation of Fertility Societies) Surveillance and encourages co-operation as a way of strengthening Africa’s voice and creating visibility
Egypt IVF Registry and ANARA hold a combined data workshop in Cairo, Egypt
The Egypt IVF Registry and ANARA hold a combined data workshop including participants from Libya and Sudan. GIERAF (Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche et
AFS-IFFS Conference, Kampala, Uganda
ANARA is represented in a pre-conference data collection workshop. The importance of national, regional and global registries is addressed as part of the mainstream
Lomé, TOGO Workshop
GIEARF (Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche et d’Application sur la Fertilité) and ANARA hold a combined meeting and workshop. Participants attend from Benin, Cameroon,
Updates in Infertility, Madrid, Spain
The importance of building reproductive networks for progress towards universal access to infertility care and the related story of ANARA is addressed in a
2017
ANARA expands from sub-Saharan Africa to become an African-wide network and registry
The expansion is brought about by the Egypt IVF Registry decision, representing national ART centres, to report to ANARA.
ANARA participates in the inaugural meeting of FERSOG, Accra
A pre-conference ANARA workshop is conducted with strong representation by national ART centres. The Fertility Society of Ghana holds its first and very
First ANARA data release at an African conference, Abuja, Nigeria
First Registry data, pertaining to 2013 submitted by 40 centres in 13 countries, are presented at the annual African Fertility and Reproductive Health Conference.
ANARA workshop at GIERAF Conference, Ivory Coast
A hands-on workshop is conducted at the regional meeting of the Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche et d’Application sur la Fertilité. This
2016
First international ANARA data workshop, Pretoria, South Africa
A two-day workshop is held to create closer network collaboration and capacity in data collection. Hands-on training in the use of the ANARA software
AFRH Conference, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
The concept and progress of ANARA is discussed with representatives from the African Fertility Society (AFS), the Association of Fertility and Reproductive
First representation of Africa in the ICMART World Report
For the first time, data from Africa are included in the ICMART world report spanning 2008-2009-2010 (Dyer et al, Hum Reprod 2016;31(7):1588-609). With
ESHRE Conference, Helsinki
Silke Dyer gives an invited presentation on ICMART/ANARA activity in Africa. First ever regional data from Africa submitted by 30 centres in 10 countries are presented.
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