8.30 – 10.00

PLENARY 1: WELCOME AND PANEL DISCUSSION

Welcome and Framing the Conference 
Name: Prof Nelson Sewankambo
President, African Forum for Research and Education in Health

PANEL DISCUSSION: SUBTHEME 1: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS, NEGLECTED TROPICAL, AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Name: Dr. Ambrose Talisuna

World Health Organisation

Name: Nebiyu Dereje

Director, Division of Knowledge Management and Editor in Chief of the Africa CDC Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHIA)

Name: Jean Nachega

University of Pittsburgh

10.30 – 12.00

PLENARY 2: 
TOPIC: STRENGTHENING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CAPACITY OF AFRICAN HEALTH RESEARCHERS: AFRICA CDC INITIATIVES AND CALL TO ACTION

Convener: Africa CDC – Centre for Science and Innovation

PANEL/

SPEAKERS

TBD

4:15 – 5:30

PLENARY 3: OPENING CEREMONY

Welcome Address

Name: Pr. Serigne Magueye Gueye

Chair, Local Organising Committee, GloCaRe

Welcome Address

Name: Pr. Nelson Sewankambo

African Forum for Research and Education in Health

Opening Remarks

Name: Dr Ibrahim Sy

Minister for Health, Senegal

Goodwill Message

Name: Dr Moctar Toure

National Academy of Sciences, Senegal

Goodwill Message

Name: Dr Roger Glass

President, CMB Foundation

Keynote Address

Name:  Dr. Melchior Athanase Joël C. Aissi

Director-General, West Africa Health Organization

08:30 – 10:00

PLENARY 4: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING  

10:30 – 12:00

PLENARY 5:  
SUBTHEME 2: ADVANCING RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND TECHNOLOGY (INCLUDING AI & DIGITAL HEALTH) RELEVANT TO AFRICA’S NEEDS   

Topic: Research, Technology, and AI: The new dawn in healthcare delivery

Name: Lydia Aziato
University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana

Topic: Covering key challenges and breakthroughs in health education, research, and policy

Name: TBD  

2.30 – 4.00

PLENARY 6: PANEL DISCUSSION:

SUBTHEME 3: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HEALTH WORKFORCE TO ADDRESS AFRICA’S PRIORITY HEALTH CHALLENGES

PANEL

Name: Tegbar Yigzaw

Former Chief of Party, Jhpiego Ethiopia, currently Jhpiego Rwanda

Name: Ahmed Taha

GAHAR

Name: Keith Martin

Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Name: Zehirun Abebe Bekele

University of Global Health Equity

Name: James Avoka Asamani

WHO AFRO

7.00 – 8.30

SPECIAL GROUP MEETINGS

08.30 –10.00 

PLENARY 7

SUBTHEME 4: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH: STRATEGIES FOR RESILIENCE

Topic: Research, Reveal, Reflect, Reform: Empowering Resilience in African Health Systems and Workforce Responses to the Challenges of One Health and Climate Change

Name: Professor Oladele Ogunseitan

Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Topic: Understanding the Gap: Roles of One Health Researchers and Policy Makers in the Era of Climate Crisis

Name: Umar Ibrahim

Federal University Dutse, Nigeria

1.00 – 2.30

PLENARY 8 
PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW DO WE BUILD FORWARD BETTER? - OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS SECTORS TO IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH OUTCOMES

PANEL

Name: Keith Martin

Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Name: Nelson Sewankambo

Makerere University

Name: Joe Kolars

University of Michigan

4:00 – 5:30

PLENARY 9: CLOSING CEREMONY 

Highlights of the Conference

Name: Coumba Toure-Kane

Chair, Scientific Subcommittee, Local Organizing Committee

Message from AFREhealth President

Name: Nelson Sewankambo

AFREhealth

Presentation of Awards

Name: Nelson Sewankambo, Georgina Yeboah

AFREhealth

Highlights of 9^th Annual Conference

Name: TBD

Vote of thanks

Name: Georgina Yeboah

Executive Director, AFREhealth

Closing

Minister of Higher Education, Senegal