Health and Innovation in the Mattei Plan: New educational and transcultural perspectives for international health cooperation

ITESHS (Integrated Transcultural Educational Synergy in Health Sciences) is an ambitious and innovative project developed by an international consortium of six institutional and academic partners from Italy and three African countries.

UniCamillus University of Rome, D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara and the University of Foggia will collaborate with the Somali National University in Mogadishu, Somalia, the Hanseatic Institute of Technology and Applied Sciences (HITAS) in Douala, Cameroon, and the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

The ITESHS project, funded by the European Union through the NextGenerationEU programme, aims to improve higher education and develop health skills in Africa through the creation of new health courses, international exchange programmes and technology investments in Cameroon, Ethiopia and Somalia.

Speakers

• Antonio Tajani – Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
• Orazio Schillaci – Minister of Health, Italy
• Maryan Mohamed Hussein – Minister of Health, Somalia
• Marcella Panucci – Advisor to the Minister of University and Research, Italy
• Hassan Osman Ga’al – Rector of the Somali National University, Somalia
• Maurice K. Kamga – Rector of the Hanseatic Institute of Technology and Applied Sciences (HITAS), Cameroon
• Lorenzo Lo Muzio – Rector of the University of Foggia, Italy
• Gianni Profita – Rector of UniCamillus University, Italy
• Liborio Stuppia – Rector of the Chieti-Pescara University, Italy
• Kassahun Habtamu – Scientific Coordinator of the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Moderator: Paolo Petrecca – Director of Rainews24