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DNDi participation – Satellite Session
Adapting AHD for routine care and outbreak response: Experience from integrating AHD and Mpox
Date: 28 July 2026
Time: 18:00-19:30
Moderators: Soo Fern Lee, Remilekun Roland Peregrino
| Welcome and session introduction Time: 18:00 Speakers: Carmen Pérez Casas, UNITAID Switzerland; Lesley Odendal, Fight AIDS Coalition, South Africa |
| Decomplexifying AHD models of care Time: 18:05 Speaker: Suleiman Lakoh, Disease Prevention and Control, Sierra Leone |
| Children and AHD integration: country applications Time: 18:13 Speaker: Juli Switala, Aurum Institute, South Africa |
| Integration of Mpox and AHD: Perspective from DRC Time: 18:21 Speaker: Aimé Mboyo, National HIV Program, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
| From Research to bedside: Hub and Spoke model for integrated diagnosis and optimal treatment of histoplasmosis in Africa Time: 18:29 Speaker: Elvis Temfack, Africa CDC, Ethiopia |
| Q&A Time: 18:37 |
| Panel Discussion: Designing AHD care as a system and lessons translating community needs into policy, access, and delivery Time: 18:47 Speakers: Pam Pillay, Market Access Africa, South Africa; Suleiman Lakoh, Disease Prevention and Control, Sierra Leone; Sued Omar Gustavo, PAHO, United States; Cesar Mufanequico Mufanequico, Matram, Mozambique; Njeri Kamane, Aurum Institute, South Africa |
| Q&A Time: 19:07 |
| Closing remarks Time: 19:17 Remilekun Roland Peregrino, Aurum Institute, Ghana; Justine Odionyi, Drugs For Neglected Diseases initiative, Kenya |
