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CPHIA 2022

13-15 December 2022

Kigali, Rwanda

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The 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022) provides a platform for African researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to come together and share perspectives and research findings in public health while ushering in a new era of strengthened scientific collaboration and innovation across the continent.

Side events

Harnessing the strength of collaboration: Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 Pandemic – A focus on low- and middle-income countries

Date: Monday, 12 December 2022
Time: 12:00-14:00 (CAT)
Venue: Kigali Conference Centre, Auditorium 12

Chair: Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, COVID-19 Response & Pandemic Preparedness Director, DNDi

Driving collaborative research during global pandemics: the major challenges and proposed solutions for LMICs
Amina Haouala, Secretariat coordinator, COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition
Establishing interregional and global partnerships, an ethical perspective on the good, the bad and the ugly
Caesar Atuire, University of Oxford, UK/University of Ghana
Streamlining disease surveillance across Africa by building biobanking and sequencing capacity – the role of partnerships
Wilber Sabiiti, University of St Andrews, UK
The importance of context-specific prevention and control – an assessment of strategies like lockdown on communities, and initial evidence from a global systematic review on impact of lockdown on early pregnancy
Lauren Hookham, MUJHU Research Collaboration, Uganda/St. George’s University, UK
Interdisciplinary methods – bringing together epidemiology and social science approaches in pandemic research
Luisa Enria, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Priorities for Africa: Focus areas as we pivot to pandemic preparedness
Brenda Okware, Scientific Coordinator, COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition

From COVID to the development of innovation in Africa: Basics to prepare and respond to upcoming outbreaks

Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Time: 7:00-8:30

Introductory presentations
– Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, Acting Director, Africa CDC
– Samba Sow, CVD-Mali, and President of PANTHER
– Bernhards Ogutu, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and Board Member, PANTHER

Rountable discussion: “Research for preparedness“

Moderator: Maha El Rabat, Vice-president, PANTHER

Speakers:

  • Bernhards Ogutu, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and Board Member, PANTHER
  • Francine Ntoumi, Congolese Foundation for Medical Research, Republic of Congo, and Secretary, PANTHER
  • Margareth Ndomondo Sigonda, Head of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative, AUDA-NEPAD
  • Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director for Africa, WHO
  • Arshad Altaf, Research, promotion & Development, WHO/EMRO
  • Mahlet Kifle Habtemariam, Senior Regional Engagement Advisor, Africa CDC

Followed by a roundtable discussion: “The role of funders”

Moderator: Leonardo Simao, Board Member, PANTHER

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NTDs in Africa: Why we must innovate and act now

Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Time: 19:00-21:00 (CAT)
Venue: Meeting Hall 3 and 4, Kigali Conference Center

Chair: John Amuasi, Executive Director, African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ARNTD), Ghana

Sleeping sickness: A treatment success story through partnerships and innovation in Africa
Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, COVID-19 Response & Pandemic Preparedness Director, DNDi
Mycetoma: The need for innovation for a highly neglected disease
Sahar Bakheit, Mycetoma Research Centre, Sudan
Access to treatments for leishmaniasis: Solutions for Africa by Africa
Simon Bolo, Head of Leishmaniasis Access, DNDi
Current advancements and remaining gaps in onchocerciasis elimination
Tony Ukety, ophthalmologist & NTD expert, DRC
The role of youth as catalysts for innovation for NTD elimination in Africa
Neneh Sallah, Advisory Board Member, Youth Combating NTDs
The impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases
Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
A call to action: Why we need to include NOMA in the WHO list of NTDs
Philipp Frisch, Médecins Sans Frontières

Plenary session

Whole-of-Society – The power of engaging civil society, community actors, and the private sector

Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Time: 11:00 – 12:30

Moderator: Kedest Tesfagiorgis, Deputy Director, Global Partnerships & Grand Challenges, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Speakers:

  • Moses Alobo, Program Manager, Grand Challenges Africa
  • Abofele Khoele, Managing Director for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Organon
  • Njide Ndili, Country Director, PharmAccess Foundation
  • Cheikh Oumar Seydi, Director, Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Amit N. Thakker, Executive Chairman, Africa Health Business
  • Monique Wasunna, Eastern Africa Director, DNDi

Parallel sesion

Expanding good practices and Universal Health Coverage targets against common infections and epidemics in Africa

Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Time: 13:30 – 15:00
Venue: Main Auditorium

Moderators: Rose Leke, Professor of Immunology and Parasitology, University of Yaoundé, and Wilfred Mbacham, President, Fobang Institutes for Innovations in Science & Technology

Speakers:

  • Christine Manyando, Head, Public Health, Tropical Disease Research Centre
  • Tolbert Nyenswah, Senior Research Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health
  • Kamija Phiri, Professor, College of Medicine, University of Malawi
  • Monique Wasunna, Eastern Africa Director, DNDi

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