Lankan Professor to attend Global Forum on Bioethics in Ghana

Professor Athula Sumathipala, Director of the Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social Care in Sri Lanka, and the current Secretary General and President-elect (2026-2027), has been invited to attend the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) meeting on 18-19 November 2025 in Accra, Ghana.

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The theme of the meeting is “Reimagining research partnerships: equity, power and resilience.” It is organised by the GFBR at the World Health Organization (WHO) and supported by leading international research funders, including Wellcome (UK), the UK Medical Research Council, the US National Institutes of Health, and the South African Medical Research Council. The WHO Ghana Country Office and the University of Ghana will serve as local co-hosts.