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The Uganda Ambassador Her Excellency Robie Kakonge paid a courtesy visit to the University of Pennsylvania  meeting with AMPERE PI Professor Stephen Avery, This follows the visit of Prof Avery to Uganda recently to explore/establish Uganda as an AMPERE site for AMPERE Fellows, The Ambassador met with UPenn officials, More details soon. 

Prof Stephen Avery visited and toured the Uganda Cancer Institute as a site for the AMPERE program. He met with the Director of the Institute Dr Orem Jackson, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Finance, During the visit, Dr Avery also participated in discussions on establishing a Global Cancer Financing Platform that could expand collaboration between USA and global institutions with Uganda as one of the pilot countries.

AMPERE PIs Professors Saiful Huq and Stephen Avery visited Bangladesh one of the AMPERE sites and participated in the BICC congress. This follows a visit meeting with government leaders in Bangladesh including the Bangladesh Head of Government  and Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus