1. Annual Meeting - 2013 African Journals Partnership Project
Keynote Address
David Ofori-Adjei
Editor-in-Chief, Ghana Medical Journal

2. October 2002 – WHO, Geneva
Twelve Editors of African Medical Journals at the meeting.
Few African Medical Journals on Medline, mostly English; very few French or Lusophone
Need for improved quality and visibility
Outcome of meeting was the formation of FAME (Forum for African Medical Editors

3. September 2003 - London Organised by FIC.
Key involvement of Richard Horton and Richard Smith

4. Concept and Conception
Hosts – Richard Horton and Richard Smith
Funded by FIC
NLM/NIH involvement
Mechanisms to enhance the quality of African health journals
Ultimately improve the health of people through publishing research
Twinning or Partnership
October 2003 – Concept paper prepared
October 2003 – Completion of forms by African Editors

5. Partnerships African Health Sciences Ghana Medical Journal
Malawi Medical Journal
Mali Medical
British Medical Journal
The Lancet
JAMA
Environmental Health Perspective/American Journal of Public Health
Major criterion was journals from countries with NIH funded research. Involvement with MIMCom was also important.

6. Partnership Expansion
Medical Journal of Zambia
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research
Annales Africaines de Medecine
New England Journal of Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Ghana Medical Research/The Lancet
Mali Medical/EHP

7. TASKS Task 1 – Identify Equipment needs
Task 2 – Identify Editorial needs
Task 3 – Provide Computers and Internet access; training of staff
Task 4 – Provide Author/Reviewer training
Task 5 – Training in Business planning and sustainable publishing operations
Task 6 – Provide Managing Editor support
Task 7 – Maintain journal Website
Task 8 – Internships
Task 9 – Commission Systematic Reviews
Formed the basis for annual evaluations since 2006

8. Annual Review & Planning Meetings: Since 2005
First meeting was in 2006 in Atlanta

9. Medals and Scars PubMed Central Medline Other indexing services
Leveraged local support
Provided training for other African journals
Heightened private sector interest & support
Spi Global
Thomson Reuters, ScholarOne Manuscripts
Ovid Technologies, Inc. (Wolters Kluwer – Health)
Kaufman Wills Fusting & Company

11. We all have scars! Uncompleted Tasks Capacity building Sustainability
Use and Management of technology
Put a ‘spine’ to things

12. Thank You