Speech Language Pathology in West Africa

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SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY IN
West Africa

Benin

Some French qualified Orthophonistes work in Bénin. If you can provide further details that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Burkina Faso

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in Burkina Faso of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Côte d'Ivoire

Some French qualified Orthophonistes work in Côte d'Ivoire. If you can provide further details that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Cape Verde

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in cape Verde of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

The Gambia

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in The Gambia of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Ghana

Contact Nana Akua Owusu nanaakuaowusu@yahoo.com and Mawusi Adiku mawusiad@yahoo.com who work as SLPs in Ghana.

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Speechmark Bursary
The £1,000 Speechmark Publishing Bursary is made in collaboration with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), and is a contribution towards funding research visits or project work outside the applicant’s country of work. Applications are restricted to therapists who have held uninterrupted RCSLT membership for two years. The 2005 Speechmark Bursary went to Nana Akua Victoria Owusu for a six month secondment in Ghana to research the situation of children with communications disabilities.

Guinea

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in Guinea of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Guinea-Bissau

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in Guinea-Bissau of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Liberia

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in Liberia of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Mali

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in Mali of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Niger

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in Niger of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Nigeria
Nigerian Speech and Hearing Association
Dept. of Surgery, ENT Unit
College of Medicine
Idi-Araba, P.M.B.
12003 Lagos, Nigeria

Medical Rehabilitation Therapists (Registration) Board of Nigeria (MRTB) http://www.mrtbnigeria.org

Senegal

Some French qualified Orthophonistes work in Sénégal. If you can provide further details that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Sierra Leone

There is currently no SLP work being undertaken in Sierra Leone of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please email Caroline Bowen.

Togo

We know very little about SLP work being undertaken in Togo. Please email Caroline Bowen if you are able to add to the following.

Françoise Bois Parriaud email, Orthophonistes du Monde, Chargée des relations avec les adhérents writes: "A 3 years school of speech therapist has been organized by some associations (orthophonistes du monde, handicap international and Ecole National des Auxiliaires Médicaux de Lomé), and the first speech therapists in West Africa had been diplomed in July 2006." (June 11, 2009)

Links

Communication Therapy International (CTI)
Speech-Language Pathology in East Africa
Speech-Language Pathology in the Middle East and North Africa
Speech-Language Pathology in South Africa
Speech-Language Pathology Around the World
Human Communication as a Human Right Listen to this MP3
Web Resources for African Languages

Page updated 04 Feb 2010

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