AMCOA conference in Accra to tackle health worker migration, patient safety

The Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA) will bring together medical regulators from across the continent in Accra to discuss health worker migration, patient safety and the regulation of healthcare professionals.

Quality and safety key to universal health coverage He also linked healthcare regulation to the broader objective of achieving universal health coverage, arguing that access to healthcare must go hand in hand with quality and patient safety.

A major focus of the conference will be the African Healthcare Practitioner Regulatory Policy Outlook, which examines health workforce mobility and how African countries can strengthen and align their regulatory systems to respond to the movement of healthcare professionals across borders.