Plenary Session: Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Clinical Management of Emerging and Re-emerging High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID) in Africa (Track 1)
Moderators:
Dr. Trevor Crowell, Director, Clinical Research Directorate, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Prof. Francine Ntoumi, Founder, Chair and Executive Director, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Medicale
Confirmed speakers:
Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, Director, Center for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
Dr. Fiona Braka, Emergency Operations Manager, WHO AFRO
Dr. Michael Iroezindu, Director Research, Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch (EIDB), Walter Reed Program
11:00 - 12:00 CAT
Opening Ceremony
12:00 - 13:00 CAT
Ministerial Special Session
14:00 - 15:30 CAT
Parallel Session: HealthConnekt Africa – Connecting Africa’s Health Facilities and Workforce to the Internet by 2030 (Track 6A)
Moderator:
Onica Nonhlanhla Makwakwa, Head of Africa Global Digital Inclusion Partnership
Confirmed Speakers:
Ambassador Hon. Dan Kazungu, Non-Executive Director, Caracal Gold PLC
Sean Blaschke, Co-Founder and Coordinator, Digital Health Centre of Excellence (DICE), UNICEF
Zvichapera Katiyo, Group Chief Executive Officer, Delta Philanthropies
Josephine Nyiranzeyimana, Government Chief Information Officer, Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)
Sr. Suzan Okwakol, Midwifery professional
Parallel Session: Africa CDC Digital Transformation Strategy – Digital CDC: Purpose, Priorities and Partnerships (Track 6B)
Moderator:
Georgie Ndirangu, Consultant, Portland
Confirmed Speakers:
Shami Benimana, General Manager, Rwanda, Zipline
Rebecca Distler, Strategist for AI, Data, and Digital Health, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Dr. Diane Karusisi, CEO, Bank of Kigali
Rahul Mullick, Senior Vice President, Resolve to Save Lives
Dr. Francis Ohanyido, Director General, West African Institute of Public Health
Dr. Ahmed Owell Ouma, Acting Director, Africa CDC
Dr. Solomon Zewdu, Senior Executive Resident for Strategy, Planning, Mastercard Foundation
Parallel Session: Harnessing the Potential for Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa (Track 2A)
Moderator:
Prof. Charles Shey Wisyonge, Senior Director South African Medical Research Council
Confirmed Speakers:
Chimwemwe Chamdimba, Principal Policy Specialist, AUDA-NEPAD
Dr. Matthew Downham, Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Network, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Dr. Lwazi Manzi, Head of Secretariat, AU COVID-19 Commission
Dorcas Noertoft, Director of Procurement Services, UNICEF Supply Division, Uganda
Prof. Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Senior Advisor on Pharmaceuticals and Health, Office of the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Parallel Session: Advancing Innovative Drug Discovery & Access to Optimal Therapeutics (Track 2B)
Moderator:
Ms. Noella Bigirimana, Deputy Director General Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Confirmed Speakers:
Ademola Osigbesan, Technical Manager (Strategic Sourcing and Supply), Unitaid
Pierre Hugo, Senior Director, Market Dynamics & Global Access Partnerships, Medicines for Malaria Venture
Tiwadayo Braimoh, Policy & Advocacy Manager, Medicines Patent Pool
Prof. Abderrahmane Maaroufi, Directeur, Institut Pasteur du Maroc
15:30 - 17:00 CAT
Abstract-Driven Session: Track 1 Session 1
Moderators:
Dr. Merawi Aragaw, Ag. Head Division of Emergency Preparedness & Response, Africa CDC
Dr. Yewande Alimi, AMR and One Health Unit Lead, Africa CDC
Abstract Presenters:
Francis Kakooza, Uganda, Infectious Diseases Institute
Oumaima Djarma,Chad Ministry of Health, Provincial Hospital of Farcha CHU “Bon Samaritain”
Marie Fausta Dutuze,Rwanda, Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture
Joseph Fokam,Cameroon, CIRCB – Centre International de Reference Chantal BIYA, CCOUSP – Centre de Coordination des Opetions des Urgences de Sante Publique, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea
Gildas Boris Hedible,France, CERPOP UMR1295 INSERM- University of Toulouse 3
Souhir Ayadi,Tunisia, Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Tunisia
Abstract-Driven Session: Track 3
Moderators:
Dr. Uzma Alam, Science For Africa Foundation
Dr. Benjamin Djoudalbaye, Head, Division of Policy, Health Diplomacy and Communication, Africa CDC
Abstract Presenters:
Ndyomugyenyi Donald Bruce, Uganda, Makerere University Centre for Health and Population Research, Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site
Elizabeth Serieux,USA, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Dominic D. Gadeka, Ghana, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, University of Cape Town
Doreen A. Ndege Schlagenhauf,Germany, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Francois Regis Cyiza,Rwanda, ENABEL/Barame Project
Namwaka Mulenga,Zambia, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Abstract-Driven Session: Track 5
Moderators:
Dr. Raji Tajudeen, Head, Division of Public Health Institutes and Research, Africa CDC
Dr. Landry Tsague, Senior Health Adviser, UNICEF Office to AU & ECA, UNICEF
Abstract Presenters:
Emna Hariz,Tunisia, Department of Preventive and Community Medicine, University Hospital Tahar Sfar
Michel Carlos Tommo Tchouaket,Cameroon, Centre International de Référence Chantal BIYA
Abbas Ermilo Haroun, Morocco, Community Health Laboratory (Public Health, Preventive Medicine and Hygiene), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V
Dieudonne Hakizimana, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
Sarah Mwangi, Ethiopia, Africa CDC
Áuria de Jesus, Mozambique, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça
Abstract-Driven Session: Track 8
Moderators:
Dr. Corine Karema, Interim CEO, RBM Partnership to End Malaria
Dr. Lul Pout Riek, Coordinator, Africa CDC
Abstract Presenters:
Gorreti Zalwango, Uganda, Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program
Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza,Rwanda, Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Salimata Kante, Mali, ICER-Mali/USTTB
James Shyaka, Rwanda, Rwanda Biomedical Center
Sherry Ahirirwe, Uganda, Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program
Maria Furtado,Angola, Instituto Nacional de Luta Contra a SIDA
17:30 - 19:00 CAT
Plenary Session: The COVID-19 Pandemic – Lessons Learned for Future Health Threats, Prevention, Preparedness and Response (Track 5)