1986:

1^st Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AMLA, Dakar, Senegal

Theme: African Health Science Libraries: myth or reality?

The Association had by now forty-one registered members.

1988:

2^nd Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AMLA, Brazzaville, Congo
Theme: WHO-partner in health documentation and information activities in Africa

1991:

3^rd Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Harare, Zimbabwe
Theme: Micro computer applications in health information

1994:

4^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Kampala, Uganda
Theme: Information for Health for All by the year 2000

1996:

5^thBiennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Brazzaville, Congo
Theme: Interconnection: How to break barriers to information provision

1998:

6^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Lusaka, Zambia
Theme: Information for the promotion of Health

2000:

7^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Kwaluseni, Swaziland
Theme: Challenges of the New Millennium and the role of health information disseminators in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa

2002:

8^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Bamako, Mali
Theme: The Environment and Health: the Librarian’s role in information diffusion

2004:

9^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Blantyre, Malawi
Theme: Health information and rural based communities

2006:

10^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Mombasa, Kenya
Theme: Millennium Development Goals and health information provision in Africa

2008:

11^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Maputo, Mozambique
Theme: Provision of Health Information for Poverty Alleviation in Africa

Executive & General Assembly begin development of 5 year Strategic Plan

2010:

12^th Biennial Congress and General Assembly of AHILA, Ougadougou, Burkina Faso
Theme: Health Information in Africa: Meeting our goals