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Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) is a not-for-profit, scientific professional, non-partisan, and humanitarian membership-based organization established in January 2019, for physicians of Sudanese descent living and working within the United States to provide support networking, education among physicians within the United States as well as collaboration with and emergency aid to physicians and healthcare organizations in Sudan and abroad.

Formal members have significant input in the governance and operations of the organization by electing all board of directors and executive committee associates. They are encouraged and expected to play an active role in the design and implementation of the organization’s programs.  Elected board and executive committee associates need to be able to leave their personal and professional agendas behind and make decisions only for the best of the entire organization.

Our Primary Goal

Our goals include, but are not limited to:

  • Mobilizing crisis response efforts, including fundraising, advocacy, coordination of humanitarian aid, and expert advising, in response to medical, political, and environmental emergencies in Sudan
  • Providing a forum for physicians and other medical professionals of Sudanese decent within the United States to collaborate and share common professional interests.
  • Being the official sponsor of, as well as guiding and supporting, physicians and other medical professionals of Sudanese decent in the United States.
  • Inspiring and promoting the advancement of healthcare, medical practice, clinical and basic sciences education, and research.
  • Supporting and collaborating with physicians, medical societies, and community partners in Sudan, the United States, and across the world through the sharing of knowledge, technology, and education
  • Developing and implementing sustainable healthcare programs aimed at improving the accessibility of health care services, and the health of its Members’ communities in the United States and Sudan.
  • Advocating for human rights, dignity, freedom of expression, democracy, equality and civic engagement by assisting colleagues located in Sudan in the monitoring and reporting on human rights violations and torture related to the medical field.
  • Actively participating in the development and delivery of continuing education in the field of medicine, and striving to enhance the quality of graduate training for Sudanese physicians.
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SAPA Vision

The vision of SAPA, as a medical diaspora organization, is to provide a forum for physicians and other medical professionals of Sudanese descent to engage and collaborate with their colleagues within the United States, Sudan, and across the world, as well as to contribute to the development of health policy and the delivery of quality health care services in its Members’ communities.

SAPA Mission

The mission of SAPA is to develop and maintain a strong and dynamic professional society that (1) supports the advancement of its Members, (2) is responsive to the needs of its Members’ communities within the United States and Sudan, and (3) aids in fulfilling its Member’s philanthropic endeavors within the United States and Sudan.

SAPA Values

The values which shall guide SAPA’s operations include the upholding of human rights, health equity and social justice through an unparalleled commitment to a professional code of conduct, inclusion, dignity, respect, integrity, stewardship, teamwork and excellence. To this end, neither SAPA nor its Members shall discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of their activities or operations.

Meet SAPA Members

The main domains in which SAPA will concentrate its activities include, but are not limited to: Education & Training, Research, Charitable & Community Services, Networking, and Advocacy.
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Sudanese American Physicians Association is a not-for-profit, scientific professional, non-partisan, and humanitarian membership-based organization (under incorporation) for all Sudanese physicians in the United States of America.
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