Global experts gather to rethink Health Systems Resilience in a post COVID-19 Africa
What: African Development Institute webinar on health policy response to COVID-19
Who: African Development Institute (ADI), African Development Bank and partners
When: 22-23 June 2020
Where: Virtual
The African Development Institute (ADI), partnering with global inclusive health institutions, will this month host a virtual seminar to garner appropriate policy responses to make Africa's health systems resilient, following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The webinar, the third in a series of the ADI's Global Community of Practice (G-CoP), will take place on Tuesday, 22 June 2020, from 14:00 to 17:00 (Abidjan time) and Wednesday, 23 June 2020 from 08:30 to 11:30 (Abidjan time) for delegates from the western and eastern hemispheres, respectively.
Global partner institutions include the African Centre for Disease Control (CDC); the World Health Organisation (WHO); the Bank Group's Health Department (AHHD) and Health Centre (CHMH); the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC); Murdoch University, Western Australia; Drexel University (School of Public Health) USA; City University of New York (School of Medicine) USA; University of Nigeria (Faculty of Health Science and Technology).
Titled Building Resilient Health Systems: Policies for Inclusive Health in Post COVID-19 Africa, the webinar will feature global health experts, former Ministers of Finance, senior leadership of Government Ministries and Parastatals, specialists from multilateral institutions, universities, think tanks, professional associations, private sector leaders and practitioners to synthesize knowledge and experiences from around the world and provide context-specific guidance on the short, medium and long-term policy options available to the Bank Group's Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in building inclusive health in a post COVID-19 world.
The outcome of the seminar will outline policy options available at national, regional and global levels for dissemination to the Bank Group's Member Countries, Partners and Stakeholders; and it will inform policy responses for building resilient inclusive health systems in post COVID-19 Africa.
Participation is strictly by invitation.
To register: please click here to complete the registration form.
Kwasi Kpodo, Communication and External Relations Department, African Development Bank. Email: w.kpodo@afdb.org
