The International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) is organized by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and provides an African-led platform for leaders across the continent to reflect on lessons learned in health and science, and align on a way forward for creating more resilient health systems. The theme of the 4th CPHIA is ‘Moving towards self-reliance to achieve universal health coverage and health security in Africa’.
Side event
Innovation as the backbone for eliminating NTDs and achieving UHC
Organized by DNDi
Date: Friday, 24 October 2025
Time: 16:00-17:30
Room: Meeting Room 12CD
Chair: Monique Wasunna, DNDi Africa Ambassador, DNDi
Speakers:
- Junior Matangila, Head of Disease HAT, DNDi
- Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, General Delegate, PANTHER and Former Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases and COVID-19 Response & Pandemic Preparedness, DNDi
- Simon Bolo, Former Head of Leishmaniasis Access, DNDi
- Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Founder Director and Technical Advisor, African Institute for Health and Development
- Doudou Sow, Parasitology-Mycology Department, Gaston Berger University, Senegal
- John Amuasi, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
