Conference agenda overview

Monday, 10 March 2025

  • Pre-conference event: Transforming and Investing in Africa’s Health Workforce for Universal Health Coverage and Health Security through the Africa Health Workforce Investment Charter (WHO-AFRO).

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Pre-conference event: From India and Nigeria to the world: Lessons in implementing health financing reform for accelerating progress to UHC (WHO India and Nigeria country offices).

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Pre-conference event: How to strengthen public financial management to enable effective and sustainable health systems (World Bank, WHO and UNICEF).

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • Pre-conference event: Strengthening Community Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage in Low Resource Settings (Financing Alliance for Health).

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Coffee break

    •  Venue: Foyer, Kigali Convention Center

  • Pre-conference event: Towards a Stronger Health Workforce for Africa: Unlocking Sustainable Investments and Policy Reforms through Health Labour Market Analysis (Global Fund and WHO-AFRO).

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Pre-conference event: Scaling up integration of HIV, TB and Malaria service delivery through health insurance schemes: Early lessons from Global Fund pilots in Zambia and Nigeria (Global Fund and WHO-AFRO).

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

  • Pre-conference event: Sustainable Health Economics and Health Financing Capacity Strengthening in Africa (CHAI, AfHEA, and SPHs – University of Rwanda and University of Ghana).

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center
  • Pre-conference event: How can Primary Health Care deliver Efficient, Effective and Equitable Outcomes for Communities? (MSH, Africa CDC, and UNICEF).

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center
  • Pre-conference event: Financing Health for All in the African Region: Measurement Issues, Policy Responses and Learnings (WHO-AFRO).

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center
  • Pre-conference event: Better Data for Better Policy: Emerging Experiences of Implementing and Utilising Digital Data Systems in Health Financing (ODI, CHAI, Thinkwell, GHS, and Ministries of Health of Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Uganda).

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center
  • Pre-conference event: Institutionalizing HTA in Africa: What Can We Learn from Real Life Examples of Low- and Middle-Income countries? (MSH).

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center
  • Opening Ceremony

    •  Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center

Wednesday, 12 March 2025

  • Plenary Session 1: Building Resilient and Strong African Health Systems

    • Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center
  • Advancing public health through evidence-informed priority-setting approaches in Africa (organised session).

    Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Africa CDC, Stéphane Verguet, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Lumbwe Chola, University of Bergen/University of Oslo

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center

  • Contributions communautaires et locales au financement de la santé et à l’assistance sociale en Afrique

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Efficiency and Fiscal Dynamics in Health Expenditure Across West Africa and OPEC Countries

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Health System Reforms, Governance, and Policy Impact in Africa

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Immunization Financing and Socio-Cultural Influences on Health Programs in Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Leveraging Digital Technologies for Healthcare Optimization and Resource Management in Africa

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Policy learning on health financing for UHC: could we do better? (organised session).

    Nouria Brikci Nouria Brikci, GFF and Serge MAYAKA MA-Nitu, WHO, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Strengthening Public Financial management Systems_1

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • The changing landscape of malaria prevention: new evidence on the cost of SMC delivery and cost-effectiveness implications for new interventions (organised session).

    Anika Ruisch, Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, VA, Justice Nonvignon, Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, Melissa Penny, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Fadima Yaya Boccoum, National Center for Scientific and Technological Research, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Andre Marie Tchouatieu, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Meyrin, Switzerland

    • Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Barriers, Risks, and Prevention Strategies in Africa
     
    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel
  • Assessing the Challenges to Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: Case Studies of Selected African Countries (organised session).
    Senait Alemayehu Beshah, AFHEA, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, Daniel Malik Achala, AfHEA, Ghana, John Ataguba, University of Manitoba, Chijioke Osinachi Nwosu, ECOVA consultant, South Africa and Fadima Bocoum, ECOVA consultant, Burkina Faso

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center

  • Economic Evaluations of HIV, Maternal Health, Anemia, COVID-19, and Digital Health Interventions in LMICs

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Financing for Universal Health Coverage: Lessons and Future Direction for African Countries (organised session).
    Beverley Essue1, Prossy Kiddu Namyalo1 and Juliet Nabyonga-Orem2, (1)Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada(2)World Health Organization, Harare, Zimbabwe

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Gender, Policy, and Workplace Dynamics in African Health Systems

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel
  • Health System Resilience, Local Manufacturing, and Service Challenges in LMICs

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center
  • Innovations and Strategies in Tuberculosis and Integrated Health Screening in Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center
  • Innovations Numériques, Financements et Approches Communautaires en Santé en Afrique Francophone

    • Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Towards optimizing acceptability, affordability, scalability, and deliverability of products for HIV and dual prevention in early development for low- and middle-income countries (organised session).
    Gabriela Gomez1, Bethany Young Holt2 and Sana Johnson1, (1)IAVI, Amsterdam, Netherlands(2)Cami Health / Public Health Institute

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Addressing Cancer Care Inequalities and Innovations in Africa

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center
  • Advancing UHC and Health Security through Private Sector Engagement (organised session).

    David Clarke1, Kingsley Addai Frimpong2, Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah3 and David Clarke1, (1)World Health Organisation, Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland(2)WHO Country Office For Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia(3)University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Community Engagement, Financing, and Accessibility in Health Systems Strengthening

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel
  • Enablers and barriers to domestic financing for Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health (organised session).

    Bruno Meessen, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, Kingsley Addai Frimpong, WHO Country Office For Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Muluken Argaw, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Ruby Aileen Mensah Annan, National Health Insurance Authority; Deputy Director, Provider Payment, Ghana, Ghana

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center
  • Factors Influencing Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Synthesis of Scoping Review Studies and Qualitative Analysis in Selected African Countries (organised session).

    Senait Alemayehu Beshah, AFHEA, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, Daniel Malik Achala, AfHEA, Ghana, John Ataguba, University of Manitoba, Chijioke Osinachi Nwosu, ECOVA consultant, South Africa and Fadima Bocoum, ECOVA consultant, Burkina Faso

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center

  • Financement, Protection Sociale et Soins de Santé Communautaires en Afrique Francophone

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Health Insurance Expansion and Willingness to Pay in Informal and Community Settings in Africa

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Improving Neonatal and Child Health: Management, Inequalities, and Policy Implementation in Africa

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Political Economy and Leadership in Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center
  • Poster session 1

    •  Venue: Foyer, Kigali Convention Center
  • Addressing Health Inequities and Financial Barriers in African Healthcare Systems

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Évaluations Économiques et Financements pour la Santé en Afrique Francophone

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center
  • Designing accessible health benefits: contextualizing priority-setting to country health financing and service delivery systems (organised session).
    Altea Sitruk1, Bruno Meessen2, Andrew Mirelman1, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla3, Kingsley Addai Frimpong4, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla3 and Bruno Meessen2, (1)World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland(2)WHO, Geneve, Switzerland(3)Africa CDC(4)WHO

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Healthcare Purchasing, Capitation, and Quality Improvement Strategies

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Integrated Approaches and Barriers to HIV and TB Care in Africa

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Primary Healthcare Reforms

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • The impact of Public Financial Management [PFM] on health outcomes: What does the evidence say? (organised session).
    Yann Tapsoba1, Dr. Helene Barroy, PhD2 and Dr. Helene Barroy, PhD2, (1)Financing Alliance for Health / African Frontline First, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso(2)WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center
  • Plenary Session 2: Nigeria

    •  Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center

Thursday, 13 March 2025

  • Plenary Session 3: Rwanda

    •  Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center
  • Poster Session 2

    •  Venue: Foyer, Kigali Convention Center
  • Advancing Tobacco Control Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa:  A Comparative Analysis of TOPAFA’s Impact on Nigeria, Uganda, and The Gambia (organised session).

    Michael Adegbe, Management Sciences for Health, Wuse II, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria and Unekwu-ojo Peter, Management Sciences for Health, Wuse II, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria

     

    •  Venue: D12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Decision Models and Quality of Care

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Economic and Health Impacts of Diabetes and Cancer in Africa

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center
  • Financing Primary Health Care and Promoting Community-Based Health Insurance in Madagascar (organised session).

    Prof. Laurent Musango, World Health Organization, Antananarivo, Madagascar

     

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center
  • Governance Arrangements for Public Financing of Private Sector Engagement in Mixed Health Systems of Low and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: What Works and for Whom? (organised session).

    Grace Achungura, World Health Organization Country Office for India, India, Jaidev Singh Anand, World Health Organization Country Office for India, New Delhi, India, Brendan Kwesiga, UNICEF Program Group – Health, Maulik Chokshi, Access Health International and Kingsley Addai Frimpong, WHO Country Office For Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

     

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Improving Maternal and Reproductive Health Through Quality Care and Strategic Interventions in Africa

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Linking Informal Health Systems, Subsidies, and Financial Barriers in African Healthcare

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Strengthening Primary Healthcare Systems for Universal Health Coverage in Africa

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Workforce, Interventions, and Policy Impact in African Healthcare Systems

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center
  • Advancing Quality and Financing in Primary Healthcare Systems in Africa

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel
  • Health financing reforms for advancing Rwanda’s Universal Health Coverage agenda (organised session).

    Regis HITIMANA, PhD, Rwanda Social Security Board, Kigali, Rwanda, Okore Okorafor, USAID Ireme / MSH, Rwanda and Matiko Riro, Clinton Health Access Initiative

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Inégalités Sociales, Santé Maternelle et Mobilisation des Ressources en Afrique Francophone

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center
  • Innovations in African Healthcare: Decolonization, Policy, and Equity Initiatives

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center
  • Innovative Approaches to HIV and TB Management in Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Integrated Patient care

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • Investing in Health systems Post COVID

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Measuring Quality of Life

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel
  • Supporting Institutionalization of Priority Setting: Experience from Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa (organised session).

    Marion Anne Murungi, Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, Canada and Justice Nonvignon, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center
  • Adolescent Health and Well-Being: Policies, Interventions, and Determinants in Sub-Saharan Africa

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Health Interventions and Disease Management in LMICs

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • Equity and Cost Analysis in Malaria Control Across Africa

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center
  • Health budget execution – exploring challenges and solutions in African countries (organised session).
    Ogochukwu Chukwujekwu, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo, Helene Barroy, WHO, Switzerland and Brendan Kwesiga, UNICEF New York

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Health Financing, Efficiency, and Policy Impact in Sub-Saharan Africa

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Health Insurance Impact on Utilization, Inequalities, and Fiscal Strategies in Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Mapping Strategic Health Purchasing arrangements for Primary Health Care in Africa (organised session).
    Agnes Munyua, Results for Development, Nairobi, Kenya, Seyni Mbaye, Results for Development, Washington, DC, Senegal and Cheryl Cashin, Results for Development, Washington DC

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center

  • Newborn, Child and Maternal Health and One Health

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Refugee Health Challenges: Access, Financing, and Determinants During Crises

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center
  • Poster Session 3

    •  Venue: Foyer, Kigali Convention Center
  • Addressing Maternal and Reproductive Health Challenges Through Financing, Infrastructure, and Outcomes in Africa

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Advancing Vaccine Equity and Primary Healthcare Access in Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Building resilient health systems for emergency preparedness: gender and health workforce intersections (organised session).
    Evaline Langat Chipchichir, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya, Lisa Avery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada and Sally Muhula, Mombasa County Government, Mombasa, Mombasa County, Kenya

    • Venue:  AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Health Interventions and Financing in Africa

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Impact of COVID on Health Services_1

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Pathways to Universal Health Coverage: Financing and Strategic Reforms in Africa

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Trained but unemployed, underemployed and unpaid: empirical research on (and policy options to) incorporate the paradoxical surplus health workers in Africa (organised session).
    Pieternella Pieterse, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Ireland and Freddy Kitutu, School of Health Sciences Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Uganda

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center
  • Plenary Session 4: Accelerating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage and Universal Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights through Resilient Primary Health Care Systems

    •  Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center
  • Gala Dinner

    •  Venue: Atelier du Vin

Friday, 14 March 2025

  • Plenary Session 5: Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform: Experiences from India, Philippines, Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya
    Agnes Munyua, Results for Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Grace Achungura, World Health Organization Country Office for India, New Delhi, India

    •  Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center
  • Challenges in Health Workforce Sustainability and Well-Being in Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Community-Based Health Insurance in Ethiopia: Addressing Members’ Needs and Lessons Learned (organised session).
    Yamerot Andualem, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Community Health Systems and Stakeholder Engagement for UHC and Accountability in Africa

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Surgical, Diagnostic, and Treatment Strategies for Health Conditions in Africa

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Economic Impacts of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Decision-Making in Africa

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • Equity, Social Determinants, and Health Inequalities in Africa

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Prioritizing assistive technologies for mobility: adapting priority setting methods for Rwanda (organised session).
    Cassandra Nemzoff, LSHTM, Regis Hitimana, Rwanda Social Security Board (Deputy DG), Rwanda and Bosco Mpatswenumugabo, Inkuru Nziza Hospital, Rwanda

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Public financial management: help or hindrance to health facility financial autonomy (organised session).
    Tom Hart, ODI, London, United Kingdom

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Resource optimization and Priority Setting for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response in Africa (organised session).
    Dr. Elias Asfaw Zegeye, Africa CDC, Division of Health Economics and Financing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Dr Mieraf Tadesse, Africa CDC, Division of Health Economics and Financing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
     
    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center
  • Child Health Interventions and Access to Family Planning

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • Enhancing Primary Care Financing Through Programme-Based Budgeting. Evidence from the Region and Beyond (organised session).
    Helene Barroy1, Ogo Chukwujekwu2, Ogo Chukwujekwu2 and Ms. Danielle Serebro, Masters in Development Economics 3, (1)WHO, Switzerland(2)WHO AFRO, Congo(3)Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative, Johannesburg, South Africa

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center

  • Factors Shaping Enrollment, Equity, and Reimbursement in Health Insurance Across Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Health Financing, Policy Sustainability, and Regulatory Practices in Africa and Beyond

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Innovations and Inequities in Water, Sanitation, and Climate-Resilient Health Systems

    • Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Innovative Strategies for Workforce and Health System Strengthening in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa

    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Mismatches between the Universal Health Coverage and Universal Social Protection agendas : political and financial competition in sub-saharan Africa (organised session).
    Patrick Rached, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, Elisabeth Paul, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Charlotte Taylor, Enabel

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Overcoming Barriers to Maternal Health Access and Utilization in Africa

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel
  • Advancing Universal Health Coverage: Payment Mechanisms and Implementation Strategies in Africa

    •  Venue: AD11, Kigali Convention Center

  • Catalyzing change and enhancing PHC outcomes through district-level performance management: lessons from Ghana and Rwanda (organised session).
    Colin Gilmartin, Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, VA, Jonas Akpakli, Ubora Institute, Accra, Ghana, Ruth Kemirembe, Bugesera District Health Directorate, Bugesera, Rwanda and Elyse Uwase, Gicumbi District Health Directorate, Gicumbi, Rwanda

    •  Venue: MH1, Kigali Convention Center

  • Community-Based Health Financing and Primary Care Sustainability in Africa

    •  Venue: AD7, Kigali Convention Center

  • Digital Health Innovations and Data-Driven Strategies for Health Equity and Access

    •  Venue: AD4, Kigali Convention Center

  • Economic Evaluations of Health and Nutrition Interventions in Africa

    •  Venue: AD10, Kigali Convention Center

  • Financing, the backbone of the effort: or how to extend social protection to a heterogeneous informal sector? (organised session).
    Patrick Rached, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium and Elisabeth Paul, Université Libre de Bruxelles


    •  Venue: AD12, Kigali Convention Center

  • Finding the right level of financial autonomy of primary care service providers for responsive and people-centred health systems (organised session).
    Dr. Inke Mathauer, PhD, WHO, Genève, Switzerland and Dr. Hélène Barroy, PhD, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

    •  Venue: MH2, Kigali Convention Center

  • Governance and Financing Transitions for Universal Health Coverage in Africa

    •  Venue: AKAGERA hall, Lemigo Hotel

  • Mental Health

    •  Venue: URUGWIRO hall, Lemigo Hotel
  • Plenary Session 6: High-level Session

    • Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center
  • Closing Ceremony

    •  Venue: MH1 + MH2, Kigali Convention Center