1. Annual Review and Planning sessions 23-26 April 2013 Accra, Ghana Annales Africaines de Médecine, DR Congo Jean Marie Kayembe N. and Ernest Sumaili K.

2. 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

3. Faculty of Medecine (since 1956, currently 5,000 students and 116 professors) Before december 2007 Each 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

4. 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

5. Owner/affiliation Faculty of Medecine/ University of Kinshasa PO BOX 834 Kin XI DRCongo Mali Medical/EHP

6. 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

7. Publication frequency Quartely (four times a year) -March -June -September - December

8. 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

9. Nature of online presence Website: www.anafrimed.cdwww.anafrimed.cd E-mail: annalesmedecine@yahoo.frannalesmedecine@yahoo.fr

10. Inclusion indexes/databases African Index Medicus

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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