I have the honor to present to you my candidacy for the position of Chair of ACNA committee. My decision is motiveted by this following reasons :
- My seniority (1989);
- My professional experience;
- My position as the head of the first pediatric neurology department in Tunisia exclusively dedicated to the care of children and adolescents with neurological diseases, recently upgraded and renovated and the director of the research laboratory focused on neurological diseases in children and adolescents, allowing translational research from the patient's bed to the bench and vice versa, both located within a multipurpose and unique National Institute Mongi Ben Hmida, exclusively dedicated to neurosciences ;
- Actually president-elect of the Tunisian Child Neurology Association (www.tcna.tn)since 18 July 2020 up to July 2023. The TCNA is opened to all the African pediatric neurologists in a purpose to contribute to the development of pediatric neurology in Africa.
- Many national and international collaboration networks are already developped (Europeen Pediatric Neurology Society (EPNS), Société Européenne de neuropédiatrie (SENP), Moroccan Association of Pediatric Neurology (AMNP), Lybien, Mauritanien, Algerian pediatric neurology study groups, large social networks ...);
- I am supported by a team of motivated young and senior’s graduates neuropediatricians and the TCNA Office. So, I feel ready: 1- To take on my mission as chair of the ACNA committee as a driving force for the development of pediatric neurology in Africa in the fields of training, education, care, prevention and research, in a friendly framework of collaborative and leadership exchange with the ACNA committee and ACNA memberships, taking into account the needs and specificities of each African region. 2- To Represent ACNA and advocate the interests and needs of the ACNA at the ICNA level.
Project_for_the_development_of_the_pediatric_neurology_in_Africa-_Pr_I._Turki.pdf
