Annual Review and Planning sessions23-26 April 2013 Accra, Ghana

Annales Africaines de Médecine, DR CongoJean Marie Kayembe N. and Ernest Sumaili K.

Outline

• History • Mission• Owner/affiliation of journal• Names of editors and editorial staff• Publication frequency• Composition and number of articles published• Nature of online presence• Inclusion in indexes/database• Journal strenghts/weaknesses

• Faculty of Medecine (since 1956, currently 5,000 students and 116 professors)

• Before december 2007Each faculty had it’s own journal only restricted within the university (our journal was called Annales de la faculté de Médecine which was irregular)• Annales africaines de Médecine

started in december, 2007 (volume 1, n° 1 Décembre 2007) on regular edition

History

Mission

• To assure wider dissemination of african and international health & medical research

• To share local medical experience• To disseminate knowledge and practices• To emphasize the visibility of our institution

Owner/affiliation

• Faculty of Medecine/ University of Kinshasa PO BOX 834 Kin XI DRCongoMali Medical/EHP

Names of editors and editorial staff

• Editor/ director of the publication: Dean,• Director of redaction: Jean Marie Kayembe

Ntumba, MD, PhD• Assistant editor: Ernest Sumaili Kiswaya MD, PhD• Commitee: - National- internati

Publication frequency

• Quartely (four times a year)- March

- June

- September

- December

Composition and number of articles published

A. Composition• Editorial• Original articles• Case reports• Continuous medical education

B. Number or articles published 6 volumes (4 numeros per volume x 10) ~ 240 articles

Nature of online presence

• Website: www.anafrimed.cd

• E-mail: annalesmedecine@yahoo.fr

Inclusion indexes/databases

• African Index Medicus

Strenghts

• Our journal has allowed promotion of PhD’s, M sc’s in regional universities (DRCongo:University of Kinshasa, University of Lubumbashi…; Congo/Brazzaville:University Marien Ngouabi)

• Extension to north (Tunisia, Morocco) and west Africa (Ivory coast, Burikina Fasso, Cameroon)

• Participate to continuous medical education• Promotion of one health concept through SACIDS

(Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease surveillance)

Weaknesses

• Lack of budget and modicity of financial support by local institutions

• Few reviewers, inadequate expert pool (eg surgeon, radiology…)

• Failure to respond on time• Lack of ressources for training authors and

editors• Lack of regular sponsoring and perdiem

retribution of technical staff

Weaknesses

• Lacking of tracking systems (no appropriate internet and website equipment, poor local and international visibility)

• English publications are sparse limiting extension to english spoken regions

• Lack of ICT specialist