African countries will convene in the spirit of cross-border collaboration to celebrate the signing of a historic memorandum of understanding to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis. Countries will champion the endorsement of a powerful call to action on cross-border collaboration in combating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – Uniting for Impact – fast-tracking progress towards ending NTDs.
Now is the time to act, to lead, and to turn country-driven ambition into lasting impact.
Member state leadership: Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda; African Union Commission (AUC) and the Global Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE).
Venue: Geneva Press Club, Domaine de Penthes, Chemin de l’Impératrice 18, Geneva
Languages: English and French
RSVP: rozendaaln@who.int
Agenda
Welcome remarks
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO (video message)
- Ibrahima Socé Fall, Director, Global Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme, WHO
- Amma Twum-Amoah, AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development
Setting the scene
- Jean Kaseya, Director General, Africa CDC
Panel: Elimination efforts for visceral leishmaniasis
Chair: Daniel Argaw Dagne, Unit Head, Prevention, Treatment and Care, WHO Global Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme
Panelists:
- Abdelmajid Abderahim, Minister of Health of Chad
- Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim Awadallah, Minister of Health of Sudan
- Aden Duale, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health of Kenya
- Luis Pizarro, Executive Director, DNDi
Panel: Cross-border collaboration
Chair: Julio Rakotonirina, Director for Health and Humanitarian Affairs, AUC
Panelists:
- Ibrahima Sy, Minister of Health of Senegal
- Jenista J. Mhagama, Minister of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania
- Solomon Zewdu, CEO, The END Fund
- Allison Goldberg, Executive Director, Global Impact Giving / Social Impact & Sustainability, MSD
