Bissau-Guinean dermatologist elected to lead ALDA association
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ANG
Bissau-Guinean dermatologist Silvio Coelho was unanimously elected to coordinate the committee tasked with creating the Association of Lusophone African Dermatologists. Twenty-three doctors from five countries set a one-year deadline to prepare the statutes, internal regulations and budget, reports the ANG news agency.
Bissau-Guinean dermatologist Silvio Coelho was unanimously elected to coordinate the committee responsible for setting up the Association of Lusophone African Dermatologists (ALDA). The decision was taken at a meeting held at the Alfândega do Porto Congress Centre in Portugal, on the sidelines of the Ibero-Latin American Congress of Dermatology, according to a press statement from Silvio Coelho reported by the Guinea-Bissau Press Agency (ANG).
The meeting brought together 23 dermatologists from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. The proposal to create and formalise the association received 21 votes in favour and two abstentions, with no votes against.
The participants set a one-year deadline to prepare the statutes, internal regulations, formalise the brand, draw up the budget and establish the membership-fee system. The location of ALDA’s headquarters has not yet been decided, while Silvio Coelho and the doctor Edgar were appointed as Guinea-Bissau’s representatives.
