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REGIONAL MEETING AFRICA KAMPALA, UGANDA JUNE 28–30, 2021 SCIENCE · INNOVATION · POLICIES ABSTRACT BOOK REGIONAL MEETING AFRICA KAMPALA, UGANDA JUNE 28–30, 2021 SCIENCE · INNOVATION · POLICIES ABSTRACT BOOK Contents Message from the former Prime Minister of Uganda v Message from the Minister of Health, Uganda vi Message from the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University vii Message from the World Health Summit International President viii Message from the Chair, Scientific Committee, WHS ix Message from the Chair, Regional Organizing Committee, WHS x Message from the Chair, Publicity Committee, WHS xi FINAL PROGRAMME xii FINAL PROGRAMME xii Summary xii Day 1 program xii Day 2 program xii Day 1 Program 1 KEYNOTE SPEECH 1: The COVID-19 pandemic in Africa 2 KEYNOTE 2: Pandemic Preparedness in the Era of COVID-19 5 PANEL DISCUSSION 1 (PD1): Mobility & Assistive Technology Access 7 PANEL DISCUSSION 2 (PD2): Women in Global Health 10 SIDE EVENT 1: Non-Communicable diseases and COVID-19 (Round table discussion) 15 WORKSHOP 1 (WS1): Biomedical Innovations to Eliminate Priority Infectious Diseases 19 WORKSHOP 2 (WS2): Rural Health Centers of Excellence 23 KEYNOTE 3: Africa’s Journey Towards Achieving the SDGs and Universal Health Coverage 28 PANEL DISCUSSION 3 (PD3): Research Capacity Strengthening in the Era of UHC & SDGs 31 PANEL DISCUSSION 4 (PD4): Perspectives on Sustainable Health 36 SIDE EVENT (SE1): The Lancent NCD commission 41 WORKSHOP 3 (WS3): COVID-19 Variants 44 WORKSHOP 4 (WS4): Dealing with Falsified & Substandard Medicines in Africa 47 KEYNOTE 4: Advancing Technology for Health in Africa 52 PANEL DISCUSSION 5 (PD5): Building Sustainable Partnerships for Addressing the burden of NCDs 58 World Health Summit Regional Meeting | Africa Kampala, Uganda | June 28–30, 2021 PANEL DISCUSSION 6 (PD6): AFRICA COVID-19 Response; Successes & Challenges 62 SIDE EVENT 3: Youth in Africa Digital Health and Connectivity 63 KEY 05: Stakeholder’s role in achievement of Universal Health Coverage 69 PANEL DISCUSSION 8: Ebola and vaccines 74 WORKSHOP 5: Paediatric NCDs 76 WORKSHOP 6: Young African Public Health Leadership 78 Day 2 Program 82 KEY 6: Air pollution, Urbanization and Health in the cities 83 KEY 7: Impact of Covid-19 on access to essential health care services 87 PD 9: Digital Health: Promises and Challenges towards SDGs 90 PD 10: Improving Non-Communicable Diseases through Pharmaceutical Care 94 WS 8: Medical Education, Training tools for implementation research 97 KEY 8: Global Health Workforce Crisis 103 PD 11: COVID-19 & Healthcare financing 109 PD 12: Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in the context of Universal Health Coverage 112 SE 5: How public-private partnerships can advance universal health coverage goals in Africa –ROCHE 116 WS 10: Global Surgery: Drawing from successful experiences to advance universal access to safe surgical care 117 Key 9: COVID-19 Vaccine Equity 123 PD 13: COVID-19 critical care in Africa: Lessons learned 127 PD 14: Paradigm shift in one health and One Health in Action: Regional Rabies Elimination 132 SE 6: Inter-Africa Health Ministers Plenary Discussion 135 WS 11: Gene Therapy JCRC 139 WS 12: Emergency care: An essential component of universal health coverage 143 Key 10: Impact of COVID-19 Public Health Control on SDG implementation progress 148 PD 15: Migrant and Refugee Health: an Agenda for Africa 153 WS 13: Trauma and Injury and Care of the injured in LMICs: Remaining Challenges 161 WHS Regional Meeting Student’s Pre-event 164 World Health Summit | Regional Meeting Africa Kampala, Uganda | June 28–30, 2021 World Health Summit The World Health Summit is the world’s leading strategic forum for global health. Every October in Berlin, it brings high-level policymakers, academics, healthcare practitioners, and representatives from civil society and the private sector together to set the agenda for a healthier future. The World Health Summit hosts 2,500 participants from over 100 countries. It is built on the academic foundation of the M8 Alliance, an international network of 25 academic institutions in 18 countries. World Health Summit Regional Meeting Each year, the World Health Summit in Berlin is complimented by a Regional Meeting in a different part of the world. Health is a truly global challenge— most health issues affect people everywhere. At the same time, different regions and cultures have different health priorities. At the World Health Summit Regional Meeting, these local and regional topics come to the forefront. Each meeting is hosted and organized by the M8 Alliance member holding the World Health Summit International Presidency, which rotates every year. ii | World Health Summit Regional Meeting | Africa Kampala, Uganda | June 28–30, 2021 REGIONAL MEETING 2021 Date June 28-30, 2021 Presidents 2020 Charles Ibingira Makerere University Prof. Axel R. Pries Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Host Makerere University and the Government of Uganda Venue Speke Resort Munyonyo Uganda Government Partners Office of the Prime Minister Ministry of Education Ministry of Health Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Tourism Ministry of Gender and Labor Ministry of Finance Ministry of Transport Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organization Partners WHO Regional Office for Africa World Health Summit Regional Meeting | Africa Kampala, Uganda | June 28–30, 2021 | iii Kampala, Uganda already limited resources. Early action will stem the tide. In June 2021, the first World Health Summit Regional Universal Health Coverage Meeting in Africa will draw healthcare stakeholders and According to the World Health Organisation, half of the decision-makers from all over the world to find solutions world’s population do not have access to health care they global health challenges. With experts collaborating across sectors, expect lively discussion, new ideas, and need. This is much worse in low- and middle-income major progress for global health—in the region and countries where the majority are driven into poverty each around the world. year through out-of-pocket spending. There remains a need to establish policies that promote universal health Central Topics coverage. These policies should not only focus on The central themes of the Regional Meeting 2021 are prevention and treatment of disease, but also focus on in line with the African journey towards meeting the UN helping to improve well-being and quality of life especially Sustainable Development Goals and achieving universal in low- and middle-income countries. health coverage. They include: Global Health Security & Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa The threat to global health of infectious diseases remains The COVID-19 pandemic in Africa has been puzzling significant today. Preparedness and response to infectious to many public health experts given the fewer cases diseases is a matter of global interest. International health and deaths from COVID-19 than predicted. Because of regulations have been adopted to support countries, but the continent’s overstrained and weak health systems, few have implemented these. inadequate financing of health care, paucity in human Advancing Technology for Health in Africa resources, and challenges posed by existing endemic The impact of information and communications diseases, earlier predictions suggested that up to 70 technologies in health has grown tremendously. These million Africans would be infected with SARS-CoV-2 by technologies are a key mediator in service delivery and June 2020, with more than 3 million deaths. The opposite development in Africa. has instead happened on the African continent possibly driven by limited testing, a much younger population, Intersectoral Action for Health climatic differences, preexisting immunity, genetic factors, The SDGs are interconnected and interdependent. early implementation of public health measures, and Traditional governance and health deliver approaches timely leadership. that are siloed will need to be reviewed. Implementation of the High Commission on Social Determinants of Health Stemming the tide of NCDs in Low- and Mid- recommendations will go a long way in achieving SDGs. dle-income countries Non-communicable diseases continue to be the leading cause of death globally. In Africa, they are stretching iv | World Health Summit Regional Meeting | Africa Kampala, Uganda | June 28–30, 2021 Message from the former DR. RUHAKANA RUGUNDA Prime Minister of Uganda Former Prime Minister of Uganda nything that pertains to the health of individuals should be accorded the highest Aattention because of the intrinsic value of life. Without a healthy population, no nation can claim to be a progressive state. So, the news that the 2021 World Health Summit Regional Meeting will take place in Uganda, and on African soil for the first time, is exciting news because of the positive impact it is bound to have on the continent majorly in the field of health and the spill over into the economy and tourism industry. As the government, we pledge total support to this important event that has since 2009 done much to ensure that the health of the global community is improved. Uganda is a multi-ethnic country that has had its fair share of trials and tribulations in health; to mention two: the menace of the HIV/Aids pandemic in the 1980s and the Ebola plague in early 2000s. With the help of global partners, we stemmed the tide but, as Nelson Mandela once said, after climbing a great hill one realizes that there are other hills to climb. Today the threat of lifestyle diseases also known as non-communicable diseases is real not only in Uganda, but in the rest of the world. It is one of the ‘other hills’ we need to conquer. And I believe it’s in such gatherings that interventions are arrived at to guide policymakers and implementers in all must-win, life-threatening struggles. As a country, we remain the world’s second youngest population, with up to 48.7 percent of our populace under the age of 15. As we all know, the future belongs to them, and if we don’t do something that will keep our children and children’s children in ravishing health, then we will have cheated ourselves in the end.