Morning Side Events – See the Side Events tab above for details
9:00 - 10:30 CAT
Plenary Session: Non-Communicable Diseases – A Growing Public Health Threat in Africa (Track 9)
Moderators:
Dr. Mary Nyamongo, Executive Director, African Institute for Health & Development
Prof. Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medical Services, Ahmadu Bello University
Confirmed speakers:
Dr. Prebo Barango, Medical Officer Non-Communicable Diseases, Inter-country Support Team for East and Southern Africa, WHO AFRO
Prof. Hassen Ghannem, Head of Department of Epidemiology, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Dr. Oswald Goukodadja, Department of Traumatology & Orthopedics, University of Benin
Prof. Ana Mocumbi, Co-Chair,NCDI Poverty Network; Department of Global Health, University of Washington
Dr. Akwasi Osei, Director General, Ghana Mental Health Authority
11:00 - 12:30 CAT
Plenary Session: Increasing Local Production in Africa: Advocacy, Research and Development Capacity in Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Vaccine Manufacturing (Track 2)
Moderators:
Noella Bigirimana, Deputy Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Dr. Sali Hafez, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Liberia
Dr. Marie-Claire Manafundu, Maternal and Child Health Program, East Congo
Charlene C. Mukondwa, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
Assiatou Kama Niang, Speak Up Africa, Senegal
Ogban Omoronyia, University of Calabar & Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
Hunaina Mohammed Amin Ismail, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tanzania
Epaphrodite Nsabimana, University of Rwanda, Rwanda
Manuel Mulwafu, Partners in Health, Malawi
Parallel Session: The Africa We Want; Agenda 2063 (Track 7A)
Moderator:
Prof. Nicaise Ndembi, Senior Scientist, Africa CDC
Confirmed Speakers:
Jonathan Keytel, Head of Healthcare Transformation at Roche Diagnostics – Africa
Chimwemwe Camdimba, Principal Policy Specialist, AUDA-NEPAD
Dr. Evans Amukoye, Chief Research Officer, Ag Deputy Director Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Janet Muriuki, Senior Director of Health Workforce Development (interim)
Nyawira Njeru, Director Market Access -Middle East & Africa, Hologic, Inc.
Parallel Session: Community and Youth Engagement for Quality Health (Track 7B)
Moderator:
Lolem Ngong, Chief of Staff, Amref Health Africa
Confirmed Speakers:
Maximillian Godwin, SADC Youth Taskforce
Aloyce Urassa, Chairperson, ALMA Youth Advisory Council
Moses Mulumba, Director, Afya na Haki
Aya Chebbi, Former AU Special Envoy on Youth, Founder and Chair, Nala Feminist Collective
Ibraheem Sanusi, Head of Project, Strengthening Crisis, and Pandemic Response in Africa GIZ Office to the African Union
Delafrida Ukaga, Project Specialist, Strengthening HIVST in the private sector (SHIPS) project, Society for Family Health, Nigeria
15:00 – 16:30 CAT
Parallel Session: Optimizing Pandemic Preparedness and Response to Health Threats and Emerging Pandemics through Data Sciences and Innovations (Track 5A)
Moderator:
Dr. Vincent Mutabazi, Lead Epidemiologist, AFENET- Rwanda
Confirmed Speakers:
Prof. Jeanine Condo, Associate Professor of Public Health, Chief Executive Officer, CIIC-HIN
Prof. Marc Twagirimukiza, Professor of Medicine Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ghent University
Dr. Krishna Udayakumar, Founding Director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center and Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, Duke University
Parallel Session: Building Resilient Health Systems for Future Pandemics: Learning from Past Pandemics and Readiness for the Future Era (Track 5B)
Moderator:
Ms. Nicole Jabo, Advisor to Minister of Health Rwanda
Confirmed Speakers:
Pierre Delsaux, Director General for European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), Unit HERA.1—Policy and Coordination
Dr. David Turatsinze, Specialist Physician / Internist and Medical Oncologist, Chuk and Legacy Clinic
Prof. Abderrahmane Maaroufi, Director, Pasteur Institute of Morocco
Dr. Paul Ngwakum, Regional Adviser Health, UNICEF
Prof. Nadine Rujeni, Associate Professor, Dean, School of Health Sciences, University of Rwanda
Parallel Session: NCDs, Injuries Prevention & Control and Mental Health (Track 9A)
Moderator:
Dr. Adelard Kakunze, Technical Officer, Non-Communicable Diseases, Africa CDC
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr. Mohammed Abdulaziz, Head, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC
Dr. Carol Labor, Presidential Advisor on Mental health, Sierra Leone
Dr. Naeem Dalal, Mental Health Specialist, Zambia National Public Health Institute
Prof. Margaret Gyapong, Director of the Institute of Health Research (IHR) and Coordinator of the Centre for Health Policy and Implementation Research (CHPIR) at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ghana
Parallel Session: The African Cancer Burden (Track 9B)
Moderator:
Prof. Jeanine Condo, Associate Professor of Public Health, Chief Executive Officer, CIIC-HIN
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr. Stefan Jansen, Director of Research and Innovation, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda
Prof. Moffat Nyirenda, Professor of Medicine, Global Non-Communicable Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Mrs. Marlene Mumukunde, City Cancer Challenge Representative, Rwanda
Qutaiba Al Manaseer, Corporate Affairs Senior Director, AstraZeneca
Dr. Mary Wambui Moehlmann, Community Engagement Lead, Access to Medicine Foundation
Prof. Eugene Sobngwi, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Yaoundé