HEFOSS-15: SESSIONS AND INVITED/EXPECTED KEY SPEAKERS, 18-19 May 2015, Abuja, Nigeria

EXPECTED/INVITED SPEAKERS/PAPER PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

1.      Professor Babatunde Osotimehin; Executive Director, UNFPA

2.      Professor John Idoko; D.G., National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Nigeria

3.      Dr. Precious Gbeneol; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

4.      Dr. Bilali Camara; UNAIDS Country Director for Nigeria, and UNAIDS Focal Point for ECOWAS

5.      Dr. Paul B. Orhii; Director General, National Agency for Foods and Drugs  Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria

6.      Mrs. Dupe Atoki; Director General, Consumer Protection Council

7.      Comrade Jude Imagwe, MON; Senior Special Assistant to President on Youth & Student

8.      Grace Ongile; Country Representative, UN Women

9.      Dr. Lola-Dare; CEO, CHESTRAD International

10.  Daouda Toure, UN Resident Coordinator

11.  Kada Rytkomen; Representative, United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

PLENARY I: OPENING CEREMONY; 9.00 – 10.30 a.m., 18 May 2015 

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Maternal and Newborn Child Health (MNCH), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Adequate Infant and Adolescent Nutrition for Productive Long Adult Lives in Africa 

PLENARY II: PAPER PRESENTATIONS; 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m., 18 May 2015 

PL2.1 Institutionalization and the challenges of Combination Prevention of HIV/AIDS and related Diseases: the missing links

PL2.2 Influence of Education and Social Determinants of Health on Human and Food Security, and its impact on achieving optimum Maternal, Neonatal, Child/Infant and Adolescent/Youth Development in Africa

PL2.3 Achievements and challenges of the MDGs era in Nigeria and postulations for post-2015 sustainable development priorities in Africa

PL2.4 Universal Health Coverage (UHC): Addressing the Impact of endemic and infectious diseases on Health, Human and Food Security in Africa with focus on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria, Ebola and NCDs

PL2.5 Imperative of Peace and Conflicts Management in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda for vulnerable populations

PL2.6 Engendering local ownership in pharmacovigilance, aid-effectiveness, ICTs and other philanthropic human development/life-saving interventions 

1^ST BREAKOUT PANEL SESSIONS, 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m., 18 May 2015 

BS1.1 Overcoming the challenges of Biomedical Prevention of HIV and AIDS and related Diseases

BS1.2 Influence of Education and Social Determinants of Health on Human and Food Security, and its impact on achieving optimum Maternal, Neonatal, Child/Infant and Adolescent/Youth Development in Africa

BS1.3 A centennial review and projection of treaties, declarations, agreements and other instruments for the achievement of Health, Human and Food Security in Africa (1941-2040)

BS1.4 Achievements and challenges of the MDGs era in Nigeria and postulations for post-2015 sustainable development priorities in Africa 

PLENARY III; 3.00 – 4.30 p.m., 18 May 2015 

Presentations and Discussions from 1^st Breakout/Panel Sessions (1-4) 

2^ND BREAKOUT PANEL SESSIONS, 9.00 – 10.00 a.m., 19 May 2015 

BS2.1 Imperative of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policies for the management of persisting endemic and infectious diseases and the mitigation of their impact on Health, Human and Food Security in Africa

BS2.2 Imperative of Peace and Conflict Management in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda

BS2.3 Pharmacovigilance, aid-effectiveness, ICTs and other philanthropic human development/life-saving interventions: engendering local ownership and making them authentic, efficacious, affordable and available to all

BS2.4 Country Reports 

PLENARY IV; 10.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m., 19 May 2015 

Presentations and Discussions from 2^nd Breakout/Panel Sessions (5-8) 

3^RD BREAKOUT PANEL SESSION – ZONAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS (THMs), 12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m., 19 May 2015 

BS3.1 North Central Zone (Benue, FCT, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger and Plateau States)

BS3.2 North East Zone (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States)

BS3.3 North West Zone (Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States)

BS3.4 South East Zone (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States)

BS3.5 South South Zone (Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States)

BS3.6 South West Zone (Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo States) 

PLENARY V; 3.00 – 4.00 p.m., 19 May 2015 

Presentation and discussion of reports from the Zonal Town Hall Meetings 

PLENARY VI; 4.00 – 5.30 p.m., 19 May 2015

Communiqué Presentation/Adoption and Closing Ceremonies 

SATELLITE MEETINGS; 5.00 – 7.00 p.m., 18-19 May 2015 

v  Evaluating the impact of the post-cold war outpouring of democracy on Health, Human and Food Security in rural, poor urban and urban communities in Africa (support to NEA) 

SKILLS BUILDING SESSIONS; 7.00 – 9.00 p.m., 18 May 2015 

v  ‘Proposal Writing and Development’ by Health Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd 

DINNER/‘HENG’ CENTENARY DEVELOPMENT CHAMPIONS AWARDS CEREMONY

 

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CONTACT:
 

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HEFOSS-15/Afrihealth Optonet Association

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P.O. Box 8880, Wuse Abuja, Nigeria

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