Agenda: September 28–29, 2021

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Speakers: 

Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe

Senior Presidential Advisor

Population & Health 

Vice President Emeritus 

Republic of Uganda

Co-Chair, Malaria Governance Working Group 

Dyann F. Wirth

Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Chair, WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group

co-Chair, Rethinking Malaria in the Context of COVID-19

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Facilitator: 

Ifeyinwa Aniebo

Senior Scientist

Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Nigeria

Rethinking Sub-national Governance of Malaria Programs
Speaker:  

Nii Ayite Coleman

Consultant, Ghana  

Decolonizing Malaria Governance
Speaker: 

Jesse B. Bump

Executive Director, Takemi Program in International Health 

Lecturer on Global Health Policy, Department of Global Health

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
   

Discussants: 

Olivia Ngou

Founder & Executive Director 

Impact Santé Afrique, Cameroon

Felix Ong’era Mogaka

Research Scientist 

Kenya Medical Research Institute

Research Care and Training Program 

Moderated Discussion 

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Facilitator: 

Kamini Mendis

Professor Emeritus

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Expanding the Use of Data for Decision-making for Malaria
Speaker: 

Evelyn Ansah

Professor of Clinical Epidemiology 

Director of the Centre for Malaria Research

University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana 

Co-Chair, Integrated Service Delivery for Malaria Working Group 

Strategic Communications for Malaria
Speaker: 

Jimmy Opigo  

Program Manager

National Malaria Control Division

Ministry of Health,  Uganda

Discussants: 

Yap Boum

Regional Representative, Epicenter Africa 

(research arm of Médecins sans Frontières, MSF) 

Olugbenga Mokuolu

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Moderated Discussion 

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Facilitator: 

Michael R. Reich

Taro Takemi Research Professor Emeritus of International Health Policy

Department of Global Health and Population

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Co-Chair, Malaria Governance Working Group 

Discussants: 

Uche Amazigo

Professor

Department of Parasitology and Entomology

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Deborah Atobrah  

Senior Research Fellow

Societies and Cultures Section 

Institute of African Studies

University of Ghana

Muhammad Ali Pate 

Julio Frenk Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership 

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Former Minister of Health, Nigeria

Adjourn

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Speakers: 

Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe 

Senior Presidential Advisor

Population & Health

Vice President Emeritus

Republic of Uganda

Co-Chair, Malaria Governance Working Group

Dyann F. Wirth

Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Chair, WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group

Co-Chair, Rethinking Malaria in the Context of COVID–19

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Facilitator: 

Marcia Castro

Andelot Professor of Demography 

Chair, Department of Global Health and Population

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Co-Chair, Training and Capacity Building for Malaria Working Group

Financing Malaria
Speaker: 

Ravindra P. Rannan-Eliya

Executive Director

Institute for Health Policy

Colombo, Sri Lanka 

Governance Lessons from Other Disease Programs
Speaker: 

Kelechi Ohiri 

Chief Executive Officer

Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Nigeria
  
Discussants:
Kafui Senya  

Public Health Specialist 

World Health Organization

Regina Rabinovich

ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence

Harvard University

Director & International Scholar

Malaria Elimination Initiative 

Barcelona Institute for Global Health 

Moderated Discussion 

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Facilitator: 

Friday Okonofua

Professor and Head

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Benin 

Co-Chair, Training and Capacity Building for Malaria Working Group

Rethinking Human Resources & Capacity Building Needs for Malaria Control and Elimination in Africa
Speaker: 

Halima Mwenesi

Malaria Expert and Global Health Consultant, Kenya

Reframing Malaria for Equity and Universal Health Coverage
Speaker: 

Corrina Moucheraud

Associate Professor

Department of Health Policy and Management

Co-Chair, Integrated Service Delivery for Malaria Working Group

Discussants:
Tumani Corrah  

Founder & President

Africa Research Excellence Fund

Oluwafunmilola (Lola) Dare

President

Chestrad Global, Nigeria 

Moderated Discussion 

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Facilitators:

Pedro L. Alonso

Global Malaria Programme

World Health Organization 

Rose Leke

Chair, Rethinking Malaria in the Context of COVID–19

Emeritus Professor of Immunology and Parasitology

University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

Discussants:
Dorothy Achu, Permanent Secretary

National Malaria Control Program, Cameroon  

Daouda Ndiaye 

Professor and Head

Department of Parasitology and Mycology

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy 

University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal

Rhoda Wanyenze

Professor and Dean

School of Public Health 

Makerere University, Uganda 

Moderated Discussion 

Speakers:

Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe 

Senior Presidential Advisor

Population & Health

Vice President Emeritus

Republic of Uganda

Co-Chair, Malaria Governance Working Group 

Dyann F. Wirth

Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Chair, WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group

co-Chair, Rethinking Malaria in the Context of COVID–19