International Conference on Community Nursing and Public Health November 19-21, 2018 Cape Town, South Africa

Prof Dr Gabriel Uyiosa Rorlins, is the President and Founder of Hill-City University, Cotonou, Benin. He completed his PhD in visionary leadership and strategic management from international University Bamenda, Cameroon. He has served as a Member of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS (IAENG). His current responsibilities include- Visionary, Educational Planning, Administration and Academics. He has extensive experience serving at various international organizations like Singapore Brain Development Centre, Singapore, Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), Urubi, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, EPS University, Cotonou, Benin, Newcastle International Christian School, Segbeya, Akpakpa, Cotonou, Benin, Federal Government High School, Bangagi, Abejukolo Local Government, Kogi State, Nigeria. He has participated in a number of International Conferences and is the author of several publications and books focussing on the Children and Violence in Schools. He has held directorial posts for several industries and is the CEO of Gabeko Global Ventures Ltd. He is one of the most noted academics in his country and his stated objectives is to work with existing staffs and Management in all humility and sincerity, develop academic mutual relationship with the students and staff in order to discover all their areas of academic weaknesses (intra and extra curricular activities) in their various fields of studies or discipline, awake their interest and assist in developing them to become world class personnel/graduate through our core goals to illuminate the world

Visionary Leadership and Strategic Management, Educational Administration and Planning, Theology, Electrical Engineering, Educational Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Students Mentoring,Education and Information Technology

Odilia Monica M Sehume obtained her PhD from the University of South Africa in June 2017, where she also obtained an Honours degree in Industrial Psychology. She developed a passion for the well-being of health care workers, and developed guidelines (unpublished) for their occupational well-being, from her PhD. In 2013, she assumed full-time employment at the Vaal University of Technology, and now serves as an Acting HOD for the Health Sciences Department. She’s involved in teaching under- and post-graduates. From 1998 to 2008 she worked in the corporate sector as a health trainer, and resumed her lecturing duties at a Nursing College in 2008

Well-being of health care workers, occupational well-being, Health Sciences, Education

Francesca is currently the Head of Nursing at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health which is a large unit that provides a wide range of specialist fertility treatments and services. She has a special interest in gamete donation and surrogacy, and also training and development for nurses and HCA's within the fertility setting. Francesca qualified in September 2005 from London Southbank University and after a 2-year period in an infection and immunity setting, decided to specialise in fertility and reproductive health. She has worked in various busy London units in both the NHS and private sectors and has had the opportunity to learn and develop a wide range of skills, including performing surgical sperm retrievals under consultant supervision, and assisting with the management of the fertility needs of patients diagnosed with a blood borne virus. Francesca recently co-authored a publication that was produced by the Department Of Health, to provide surrogacy best practice guidance for healthcare professionals working outside of the reproductive medicine setting. She is also extremely passionate about her role as part of the Royal College of Nursing, fertility nursing forum steering committee and feels that this is the perfect opportunity to share knowledge, best practice and to enhance the skills and knowledge of fertility nurses and HCA's who are working within, or who have an interest in the reproductive medicine field. Recently Francesca has co-authored the RCN fertility nurses career progression and education framework publication which was launched in March 2018. Francesca is also an active member of the SING (Senior Infertility Nurses Group) which is a national group that shares and promotes best practice for fertility nursing.

Francesca is extremely passionate about her role as part of the Royal College of Nursing, fertility nursing forum steering committee and feels that this is the perfect opportunity to share knowledge, best practice and to enhance the skills and knowledge of fertility nurses and HCA's who are working within, or who have an interest in the reproductive medicine field. Recently Francesca has co-authored the RCN fertility nurses career progression and education framework publication which was launched in March 2018

Miranda Langatye is a junior scrub sister at one of the biggest tertiary hospitals in the Western Cape. She holds a honors degree in Nursing Science at the University of the Western Cape. She is also a previous Hlanganani international student exchange alumni. And is working towards studying Masters’s in Public Health in the year 2019. She is currently an Occupational Health and Safety representative at Groote Schuur Hospital.

Occupational Health and Safety

Shinga Feresu. a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, completed her PhD in Epidemiology from The University of Michigan in 2001, USA, and Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Boston University, USA in 1995. She obtained her postgraduate degree in Nursing (Community Health Nursing Science and Nursing Education) from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in 1989. She has taught at The University of Michigan, is Contributing Faculty at Walden University, USA. since 2010; taught at The University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA, and Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington USA, before migrating to South Africa November 2014. She was an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pretoria until June 2018. She is an Online Module Developer, and Instructor at the University of Johannesburg, and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Fort Hare (SA). Prof Feresu has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and has been a peer reviewer from more than 25 journals. Prof Feresu has supervised more than 50 students in her career.

Community Nursing, Epidemiology, Biostatistics