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Strengthening Regional Collaboration for Health: A Session at the World Health Assembly

5/11/2016

 
As African countries adopt the Sustainable Development Goals and prepare to meet the ambitious targets for 2030, strong regional cooperation will become increasingly important to ensure commitments become action. USAID and the African Strategies for Health (ASH) project, led by MSH, invite you to a side session alongside the 69th World Health Assembly to discuss the role of regional actors in the African health sector and opportunities to leverage greater collective impact on health outcomes through strengthened collaboration and partnership between global, multilateral, regional, and country-level stakeholders. 

Watch the recorded discussion
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Wednesday May 25th | 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Geneva Press Club | Geneva, Switzerland

Keynote Address
Deputy Director General Dr. Laurent Assogba, West African Health Organization (WAHO)

Session Moderator
Dr. Olivier Raynaud, Senior Director for Health Systems Innovation and Strategy, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) 

Panelists
  • ​Dr. Namoudou Keita, Primary Health Care Program Manager, WAHO
  • Dr. Alphonse Mulumba, Senior Programme Officer HIV and AIDS, Southern African Development Community (SADC)
  • Joy Phumaphi, Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
  • Dr. Tomohiko Sugishita, Senior Advisor on Health, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Adele Waugaman, Senior Advisor for Digital Health, USAID
 
Closing Remarks
Sarah Konopka, Technical Director, African Strategies for Health, MSH

Browse our resources:

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In support of the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) initiative, ASH undertook a regional landscape analysis to enhance understanding of the role and contributions of regional bodies engaged in health in Africa. Read the reports, access an online database of more than 120 regional organizations working in health in Africa, and download technical briefs outlining the role of regional actors and their comparative advantages, challenges, and opportunities for addressing key health issues.

>>Browse the online database

>>Download the reports and technical briefs:
  • Digital Health
  • Disease Surveillance and Response
  • Health Financing
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Resources for Health
  • Malaria
  • Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
  • Tuberculosis


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