1

09:00

Welcome and opening remarks    

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Bisi Bright, Board Member, IAPO

Ellos Ellard Lodzeni, Board Treasurer, IAPO

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO

Dr. Ratna Devi, Chair, IAPO

Keynote Speech: Can Africa be the first to eliminate and even eradicate ALL infectious diseases this time by 2030?     

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Dr Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population - Egypt

Dr Ahmed Ogwell, Deputy Director, Africa CDC

2

09:55

Is it the dawn of a new African healthcare ecosystem: enabling patient engagement and co-creation in UHC 2030     

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Danjuma Adda, President-Elect, World Hepatitis Alliance (Moderator)

Fatima Seedat, Development Manager, The South African Depression and Anxiety Group - SADAG

Prof Adenike Grange, former Health Minister in Nigeria

Break

3

11:05

African patient engagement in the Global Patient Safety Plan 2021-2030 

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Ellos Ellard Lodzeni, Board Treasurer, IAPO (Moderator)

Gertrude Avortri, Patient Safety Focal Point, World Health Organization Africa

Dr Neda Milevska-Kostova, Vice-Chair, IAPO

Dr Titus Beyuo, Obstetrician Gynaecologist and Co-founder, Comprehensive Care Group, Ghana

12:05

Lunch Break

4

13:00

African healthcare innovation: Is there room for patient engagement and co-creation in healthcare innovation?   

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Bisi Bright, Board Member, IAPO (Moderator)

Emily Sheldon, CEO, Africa Health Innovation Center

Emile Tata Kongnso, CEO, Center for the Promotion and Protection of Patient’s Rights in Cameroon

Padmaja Kamath, Director Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Global Self-Care Federation 

14:00

Break

5

14:10

African patient engagement in clinical research and development of medicines, vaccines, and health devices    

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Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO (Moderator)

Dr Adeline Edgal, Chief Scientific Officer for SSA, Novartis

Dr Nilufar Ahmed, Bristol University - Co-production of Clinical Research

Dr Miriam Mutebi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi

15:10

Closing Keynote: Africa's healthcare: Caring for all

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Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO

Menassie M. Taddese, President for Emerging Markets, Viatris

15:25

Day 1 Wrap Up  

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO

6

09:00

Can African health systems advance using personlised healthcare?

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Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO (Moderator)

Marlene Thomas, Global Patients Affairs, Roche

7

09:30

Antimicrobial resistance and Africa. The next pandemic: Are we prepared?

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Danjuma Adda, President-Elect, World Hepatitis Alliance (Moderator)

Bisi Bright, Board Member, IAPO

Dr Chrispin Kambili, Medical Affairs Lead Global Public Health group,Johnson & Johnson

Dr Nicholas Adomakoh, Global Medical Affairs Lead for Anti-infectives, Novartis / Sandoz

Dr Greg Frank, PhD, Global Public Policy Director, MSD

Dr Walter Fuller, AMR Stewardship and Awareness Lead, WHO Afro

Dr Michael Anderson, London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr Mirfin Mpundu, Director, ReACT Africa

11:00

Break

8

11:10

Health equity in Africa: Neglected Tropical Diseases, entrenched infectious diseases and UN Resolution on Rare Diseases 

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Johnpaul Omollo, Health Research and Development - Program Officer, PATH (moderator)

Kelly du Plessis, CEO, Rare Disease South Africa

Samuel Agyei-Wiafe, Executive Director, Rare Disease Initiative Ghana

Dr Elizabeth Juma, World Health Organization Africa

Dr Roger Sombie, Professor of Hepato-gastroenterology, Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital & Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

9

12:10

Have the big four NCD (CVD, Cancer, Diabetes, COPD) vertical programmes overshadowed other NCDs in Africa?  

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Flavia Kyomukama, Executive Director, Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS in Uganda (Moderator)

Manan Shah, Vice President, Global Public Affairs, LEO Pharma & Assistant Professor of Public Health, School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Christopher Agbega, Advocacy Officer, Sharecare Ghana

Lefate Makunyane, The South African Depression and Anxiety Group - SADAG

Dr Chandrashekhar Potkar, Chief Medical Officer, Emerging Markets, Viatris

13:20

Lunch Break

10

14:00

Can African UHC 2030 benefit from health technology assessment?

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Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO (Moderator)

Dr Dalia Dawoud, Scientific Adviser, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Mohamed Gad MD, MA, health economist at the Department of Global Health & Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

11

15:00

African Medicines Agency Treaty regulatory convergence & reliance 

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John Mwangi, Co-Chair – Africa Regulatory Network, IFPMA (Co-moderator)

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO (Co-moderator)

Mimi Darko, CEO, FDA Ghana

Dr Margaret Agama-Anyetei, Head of the Health, Nutrition and Population Division Africa Union

Johnpaul Omollo, Health Research and Development - Program Officer, PATH

16:00

Call To Action and Wrap Up : End of Congress

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Bisi Bright, Board Member, IAPO

Ellos Ellard Lodzeni, Board Treasurer, IAPO

Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, IAPO