The International Strategy Office at Oxford University has released a publication on collaborative research between South Africa and Oxford, featuring the African Research Network on Ageing (AFRAN).
AFRAN is run in close collaboration with partners on the African continent by Oxford’s Institute of Population Ageing. The Institute investigates demographic change and the impact arising from population ageing across the globe. It makes recommendations for how government, business and society can respond. Through AFRAN the Institute provides a platform for exchange and capacity building between network, members and forges collaborative research and training initiatives. AFRAN is co-ordinated by Dr Jaco Hoffman and the network’s main collaborators in South Africa are the Albertina and Walter Sisulu Institute of Ageing in Africa (IAA), University of Cape Town, led by Dr Sebastiana Kalula, and North-West University. In October 2012, the IAA in collaboration with AFRAN and partners hosted the 1st Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics, which brought together 400 researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and civil society and private sector representatives, from 21 countries across Africa and 20 beyond.
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