Presidential Message from Dr Elisaveta B. Nencheva To the Members of the AHCP

Presidential Message by Dr Elisaveta Nencheva, the 20th General President of the Association of Health Care Professionals

Dear Members of the Association of Health Care Professionals,

I am very honored to be appointed as the 20^th General President of the Association of Health Care Professionals(AHCP), which includes its various consortia and groups.

It gives me a great pleasure to send you this presidential message to all the members of the AHCP and the membership services of the Association, including the Members of the different consortia the various project groups. Our Association has a long history dating back over 95 years with wide achievements in numerous areas, which are all geared towards promoting excellence in medical practice, patient care, research, innovation and education globally.

The Association of Health Care Professionals (AHCP) a not for profit membership organisation for multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, which encourages research and education organisational activities for healthcare professionals worldwide. Its aim is to encourage and maintain the highest excellence and standards of patient care, research, innovation and education, and act as the 'voice' of healthcare professionals on education, training and standards issues. Founded in 1930, the IAHCP is a well established organisation with an outstanding record of achievements. Milestones in its history include the following activities:

• the establishment of the International Association of Health Care Professionals (IAHCP) Society Consortium in 1934

• the implementation of the AHCP cancer registries and Databases for promoting excellence in cancer research worldwide in 1938

• the setting up of the AHCP Sponsored medical centres in 1939 internationally for promoting excellence in patient care, research and innovations

• the setting up of the IAHCP Education Academy in 1947 in Europe and other international locations

• the formation of the AHCP Consortium in 1957

Another important achievement of the AHCP includes the promotion of education and research training in healthcare issues, the setting up of clinical guidelines for clinicians, the expansion of research into multidisciplinary healthcare settings, and the promotion of primary and secondary care globally.

The aim of our Association is to encourage and maintain the highest standards of patient care and education and act as the ‘voice’ of healthcare professionals on education, training and standards issues; to promote excellence in medical practice, research, science, technology, innovation, patient care and education in society. The Association is a well established organisation with an outstanding record of achievements. Another notable accomplishment in its history include the establishment of education and research training in healthcare issues, the setting up of clinical guidelines for clinicians, the expansion of research into multidisciplinary healthcare and the promotion of primary and secondary care in many parts of the world.

Thus, the AHCP encourages health professionals worldwide to do research and organisational activities and to invest their high professional expertise in patient care, innovation, science, technology, humanitarian work, community development programmes, and education, which have been in the fore front our organisation since the 1930s. In doing so, we will all continue to support the United nations(UN) 2030 Agenda, and the Sustainable Development Gioals(SDGs), which we have adopted since 2015 to date.

The Association individual and organisational memberships are committed to improving patient care and education, developing their own skills and developing medical practice that meets public demands and expectations via science, innovation, technology and development of communities in their areas and globally. Health care professionals are facing a lot of challenges nowadays. The trend towards multi-professional working, research and education in healthcare are the modern ways of working in the twenty first century.

Together, we will work towards achieving equitable world and eliminating inequalities, and promoting public and global health, which will provide healthier world. This would lead to peace, clean climate, happy population, prosperity, partnerships, good sanitation, and eradication of poverty in order to make our world a better place for all.

On behalf of the AHCP General President’s Office it is a great honour and privilege for me to cordially wish you all good health, positive energy, good luck for accomplishing dreams and goals and for achieving the aims and prosperity of our Association.

Dr Elisaveta Nencheva, MA, PhD

General President of the AHCP(PAHCP)