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Master Program for 4th EAC Scientific and Health Conference

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

REGIONAL HEALTH PRIORITIES

OPPORTUNITIES “EVIDENCE FOR ACTION IN THE

CHANGING GLOBAL FINANCIAL SITUATION”

CONFERENCE PROGRAM4th ANNUAL EAST AFRICAN HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION AND TRADE FAIR

SERENA HOTEL, KIGALI-RWANDA 27TH - 29TH March 2013

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SUMMARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Wednesday, 27th March 2013Official Opening of the Health and Scientific Conference

EAC Anthem

Main theme: Regional Health Priorities and Opportunities: Evidence for action in a changing global financial situation

8.00-10.30 Ball Room

Sub theme 3: Health Systems Strengthening

Symposium II: Integrated Disease Surveillance and Disaster Preparedness

11.00-13.00

11.00-13.00

Ball Room &Auditorium

Pool Side Room

LUNCH 13.00-14.00Sub theme 1: Maternal and Child Health: 1st EAC Health Ministers and Parliamentarians forum on Health & Official launch of EAC Open Health Initiative

Symposium II: Integrated Disease Surveillance and Disaster Preparedness

Sub theme 3: Health System Strengthening

14.00-17.30

14.00-17.30

14.00-17.30

Ball Room

Pool Side Room

Auditorium Poster Presentations 16.00-17.30 Poster Display Area

Gala Dinner & Launch of EAC/WHO under the theme "Building a tobacco-free EAC to protect children and save lives starts with YOU"

18.30-21.30 Ball Room

Exhibitions and Trade Fair 09.00-17.30 Tented AreaThursday, 28th March 2013

Symposium V: Quality of Health Care (RCQHC)

Sub theme 4: Quality of Health Care

Sub theme 2: Non Communicable Diseases and Trauma

08.00 -10.30

11.00-13.00

11.00-13.00

Ball Room

Ball Room

AuditoriumSymposium IV: Tobacco control (CFTK)

Symposium I: HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

08.00-13.00

08.00-13.00

Pool Side Room

Muhazi RoomLUNCH 13.00-14.00

Sub theme 4: Quality of Health Care

Sub theme 2: Non Communicable Diseases and Trauma

Symposium IV: Tobacco control (CFTK)

Symposium I: HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Symposium V:Quality of Health Care (RCQHC) training

14.00-17.30

14.00-17.30

14.00-17.30

14.00-15.30

14.00-17.30

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Poster Presentations 16.00-17.30 Poster Display AreaExhibitions and Trade Fair 09.00-17.30 Tented Area

Friday 29th March 2013Sub theme 1: Maternal and Child Health

Symposium III:Population, Health and Environment (EAC/LVBC/USAID)

Sub theme 1: Maternal and Child Health

Symposium III:Environment and Health in Africa (HEALTHY FUTURES)

8.00-13.00

8.00-10.30

11.00-13.00

8.00-13.00

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Ball Room

Ball Room

Pool Side Room

LUNCH 13.00-14.00

Symposium III:Environment and Health in Africa (HEALTHY FUTURES) 14.00-15.00 Pool Side Room

Poster Presentations 14.00-15.00 Poster Display Area

Exhibitions and Trade Fair 09.00-15.00 Tented Area

OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONIES 15.00-16.00 Ball Room

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DETAILED PROGRAM FOR 4TH EAC ANNUAL HEALTH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION & TRADE FAIR

SERENA HOTEL, KIGALI, 27-29 MARCH 2013

DAY 1: Wednesday, 27th March 2013

Time Event

07:00-08:00 Registration ContinuesLocation: Reception hall

Exhibition and Poster Set-up for the dayAll posters will be available for viewing during

conference. Authors will be present at the scheduled time of 16.00-17.30 for Day 1 and Day 2,

then at 14.00-15.00 on Day 3.

Official Opening: Ball Room08.00-08.05 EAC Anthem08:05-08:20 Welcome Remarks by the EAC Secretary General08:20-09:00 Remarks by the Hon. Ministers of Health from Partner States

Burundi - Kenya - Rwanda - Tanzania09:00-9:10 Remarks by the Chairperson of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health and Minister of

Health of the Republic of Uganda09:10-09:30 Official Opening by the Guest of Honour09:30-10:30 Key Note Address 1: Regional Health Priorities and Opportunities - Evidence for action in a

changing global financial situationProf Khama Rogo, Lead Health Specialist, World Bank

Key Note Address 2: Advancing regional health research priorities for evidence–based health policy formulation and interventions in Africa: Perspective from the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)Prof Charles Mugone, Executive Director, EDCTP

10:30: 11:00 Group photo with Guest of Honour & Break

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Day 1: Wednesday, March 27th

(Oral & Poster Presentations and Exhibitions)Sub-Theme 3: Health Systems Strengthening

Moderator: Dr Isaac Kadowa, Uganda

Rapporteur: Dr Liboire Ngirigi, Burundi

Sub-Theme 3: Health Systems Strengthening

Moderator: Prof Donald S. Shepard, Brandeis University, USA

Rapporteur: Dr Kijakazi Mashoto, Tanzania

Symposium II: Integrated Disease Surveillance and Disaster Preparedness Moderator: Dr Maurice Ope, EACRapporteur: EAC

Time Ball Room Auditorium Pool Side Room 11:00 -11:15 HSS001/OC: The effectiveness

of community financing approach in improving child nutrition status in Rwanda,

Chunling Lu, Rwanda Ministry of Health, Rwanda

HSS006/OC: Mix of Community Health Insurance and Performance Based Financing in Rwanda: Is there a synergy of policies in increase health facility revenues, Paulin Basinga, National University of Rwanda School of Public Health

11:15 -11:30 HSS002/OC: Potential mobilization of social support structures among women in a rural agricultural sector for social health insurance, Lucy Kanya, Population Council, Nairobi, Kenya

HSS007/OC: Using information technology (IT) to implement a national tracking system for doctors to improve health and education systems, Katumba-Ssentongo, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council, Uganda

11:30-11:45 HSS003/OC: Reciprocal Monitoring: An innovative practical and affordable scheme for strategic quality management of health research in Africa,

Annet Nanvubya, UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program, Uganda

HSS008/OC: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Commodity Management Training Programme Strategy for a Sustainable Capacity Building. In Primary Healthcare Settings: Assessment of Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes of Pharmacy Students Following Training. Kolute R.A, Kenya Medical Training College, Kenya

11:45-12:00 HSS004/OC: Impact of patient behavior and health systems set up on the progression and management of disease among HIV/AIDS in Western Kenya.Andayi, F O, Kemri, Kenya

HSS009/OC: Health system Strengthening needed for HIV positive older persons in Uganda,

Esther Kawuma, Mildmay Uganda

12:00-12:15 HSS005/OC: Eastern Africa Consortium connecting borders, opportunities, minds and sectors in prioritized health product innovation and effective actions for sustainable economic development,

George Miiro, Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)

HSS010/OC: Malaria Decision Analysis Support Tool for Evidence-based malaria control in East Africa, Leonard E.G. MBOERA, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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(Oral & Poster Presentations and Exhibitions)Time Ball Room Auditorium Pool Side Room

12:15-12:30 HSS011/OC: Tanzanian lessons in using non-physician clinicians to scale up comprehensive emergency obstetric care in remote and rural areas, Angelo Nyamtema, Tanzania

HSS014/OC: Malaria and Livelihoods: Knowledge and Practices in Kilosa District in Central Tanzania, Susan F. Rumisha, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

12:30-12:45 HSS012/OC: Transitioning HIV Clinical Services delivery and management supported by PEPFAR to the Rwanda Ministry of Health (MOH), Ida Kankindi, Rwanda Ministry of Health, Rwanda

HSS015/OC: Community Case Management of Malaria in Children, Rwanda, 2011: Role of Community Health Workers (CHWs), Murindahabi R.Monique, Ministry of Health Rwanda, Rwanda

12:45-13:00 HSS01/3OC: Building Capacity of Health Care Workers in the Private Sector to deliver HIV & AIDS Services – Mildmay Uganda Experience, Kambonesa Irene, Mildmay Uganda

HSS016/OC: How Well are Malaria Maps Used to Design and Finance Malaria Control in Africa? Judith A. Omumbo, Kenya

Lunch Break 13:00 – 14:00

Maternal and Child Health (Achieving MDG’s for Maternal and Child Health) incorporating the 1st Annual EAC Health Ministers and parliamentarians forum and the official launch of the East African Community Open Health Initiative (OHI) to improve reproductive, Maternal and Child HealthChairperson: EAC SecretariatRapporteur: EAC Secretariat


Moderator: Dr Malick A. Juma,Tanzania

Rapporteur: Mr. Ruton Hinda, Rwanda

Time Auditorium14:00-14:10 Welcome remarks by the EAC

Secretary General14:10-14:25 HSS017/OC: Insecticide treated

wall liner cost-effectiveness of a new technology for malaria prevention in Kenya,Donald S.Shepard, Brandeis University,US

14:10-14:30 Overview presentation of the East African Community Open Health Initiative (OHI) by the East African Secretariat

14:15-14:30 HSS018/OC: From Concept to commercialization of point-of-care technologies: KEMRI Production facility’s experience Kimotho H. James, Kemri Production Facility

14:30-15:00 Presentations of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality from EAC partner statesBurundi- Kenya – Rwanda – Tanzania - Uganda

14:30-14:45 HSS019/OC: The role of the nurse led clinic in Task Shifting at Mildmay UgandaAlice Kiwanuka, Mildmay Uganda

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(Oral & Poster Presentations and Exhibitions)

Time Ball Room Auditorium Pool Side Room

Maternal and Child Health (Achieving MDG’s for Maternal and Child Health) incorporating the 1st Annual EAC Health Ministers and parliamentarians forum and the official launch of the East African Community Open Health Initiative (OHI) to improve reproductive, Maternal and Child HealthChairperson: EAC SecretariatRapporteur: EAC Secretariat


Moderator: Dr Malick A. Juma,Tanzania

Rapporteur: Mr. Ruton Hinda, Rwanda

Time Auditorium15:00-15:10 Presentation from Developmental

Partners: UNICEF, GAVI, WHO and PMNCH

14:45-15:10 HSS020/OC: Effectiveness of task shifting in antiretroviral treatment services in health centres, Gasabo district, Rwanda. Adeline Kabeja, MoH, Rwanda

15:10-15:20 Norwegian Developmental partnerDr Tore Godal, Advisor on Global Health to the Norwegian Prime Minister

14:10-14:25 HSS021/OC: Active case finding among household contacts of sputum smear positive tuberculosis patients in Mbeya, Tanzania. Nyanda Ntinginya, NIMR, Tanzania

15:20-15:30 Chairperson of the Committee on Health. East African legislative Assembly on “ Role of EALA in achieving MDG’s for Maternal and Child Health in the EAC region

Health Break 15:30 – 16:00Official launch of the East African Community Open Health Initiative (OHI) to improve reproductive, Maternal and Child HealthChairperson: EAC SecretariatRapporteur: EAC Secretariat

Sub-Theme 4: Quality of Health Care

Moderator: Zachary Bigirimana, Rwanda

Rapporteur: Dr George Miiro, Uganda

Time Ball Room Auditorium Pool Side Room

16:00-16:30 Chairpersons of the parliamentarian’s Committee on Health in the EAC partner states on “ Role of EAC partner states in achieving MDG on Maternal and Child Health in the EAC partner states Burundi, KenyaRwanda ,Tanzania, UgandaZanzibar

16:00-16:15 QH022/OC: Standard operating procedures: a key to good laboratory practices. Jean Bosco Gahutu, National University of Rwanda, Rwanda

16:15-16:30 QH023/OC: Endoscopy Contribution in upper digestive haemorrhage caring at CHU Kamenge, Ngomirakiza J, CHU Kamenge, Burundi

16:30-17:20 Speeches by the Hon Ministers of Health from the EAC partner States Burundi, Kenya, RwandaTanzania, Zanzibar

16:30-16:45 QH024/OC Hospitalizations of HIV-Infected Children at Mildmay Uganda: Analysis of Data from the October 2010 to October 2011, Mildmay Uganda Inpatient. Daniel Mwehire, Mildmay, Uganda

17:20-17:30 Speech by the Chair person of the Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health and Minister of Health Uganda and the official launch of the EAC Open Health Initiative

16:45-17:00 QH0025/OC: Pharmacotherapeutic Management of HIV/AIDS patients with diabetes. Case study of University Teaching Hospital of Kigali/CHUK-OPD. Nyiligira J., CHUK, Kigali, Rwanda

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Gala Dinner & Launch of CFTK under the theme "Building a tobacco-free EAC to protect children and save lives starts with YOU"

Time: 18.30-21.30Venue: Serena Hotel, Ball Room

Day 2: Thursday, March 28th


Symposium V: Quality of Health Care (Regional Center of Quality of Health Care, RCQHC, Uganda

Moderator: RCQHC, UgandaRapporteur: RCQHC, Uganda

Symposium IV: Tobacco Control, Public Health and Social Economic Dimensions & Non-Communicable Diseases Moderator: CFTKRapporteur: CFTK

08:00 -10:30 Symposium V: Quality of Health Care (Regional Center of Quality of Health Care, RCQHC, Uganda Detailed program in annex

Health Break 10:30 – 11:00Time Ball Room Auditorium


Moderator:Dr Jean Pierre Nyemazi, RwandaRapporteur: Dr Stanley Sonoiya, EAC

Sub-Theme 2: Non Communicable Diseases and Trauma

Moderator: Dr Gerald M. Mkoji, Kenya

Rapporteur: Dr Msafiri L. Marijani, Zanzibar Tanzania

11:00-11:15 QH026/OC Drug Resistance Patterns of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolated from Samples Referred To Tuberculosis Central Reference Laboratory in Kenya, 2010-2011Evans Kiprotich, KEMRI Kenya

NC044/OC: Minimizing preventable cancers in Rwanda: achieving high coverage in the national HPV vaccine programHon. Agnes Binagwaho, Rwanda Ministry of Health

11:15-11:30 QH027/OC Self-reported occupational exposure to HIV and factors influencing its management practice: a study of healthcare workers in Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, TanzaniaKijakazi O. Mashoto, Ministry of Health Tanzania

NC045/OC: Cervical Cancer Screening Acceptability and Uptake at Mildmay UgandaEsther Kawuma, Mildmay Uganda

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Moderator: Dr.Vincent MUTABAZI, Rwanda Rapporteur: Dr Stanley Sonoiya, EAC


Moderator: Dr Gerald M. Mkoji, Kenya

Rapporteur: Dr Msafiri L. Marijani, Zanzibar Tanzania

11:30-11:45 QH028/OC: Assessing the WHO-recommended First-line ART regimens for Resource-limited settings: Comparing the relative virologic efficacy and resistance patterns of TDF/3TC/NVP to AZT/3TC/NVP in a RwandanJean Claude Karasi, Ministry of Health Rwanda

NC046/OC: A Survey of Genetic Diseases in Rwanda: Diagnostic and Management ChallengesLeon Mutesa, Rwanda Biomedical Centre/Medical Research Centre, MoH, Rwanda

11:45-12:00 QH029/OC: Artemisia annua “tea” as a prophylaxis against malaria in Uganda: concerns on emergence of artemisinin resistanceCelestino Obua, Makerere University College of Health Sciences

NC047/OC: Cervical Cancer Pap Smear Screening: Findings in Women with CD4 <100 cells/mm3 Commencing Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in the Kericho IRIS Study.Margaret Biomdo Kenya Medical Research Institute/Walter Reed Project (KEMRI/WRP), Kericho, Kenya

12:00-12:15 QH030/OC: Development of a Regional Quality Assurance Framework Towards a Regional Accreditation SystemMarie Eglantine Juru, Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)

NC048/OC: Cytoskeletal anomaly: implication in cancer pathogenesisA.D. Russa, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesSchool of Medicine

12:15-12:30 QH031/OC: Retesting and HIV Sero conversion among Self-Reported Previously Uninfected Clients Attending Youth-friendly Centers and Outreach HIV Testing and Counseling Services in Rwanda, 2009-2010J.P. Nzabonimpa,PSI, Rwanda

NC049/OC: Prevalence of mental health problems in children and adolescents affected and unaffected by HIV/AIDS in rural Rwanda.

Vincent Sezibera, Department of Clinical Psychology, National University of Rwanda

12:30-12:45 QH032/OC: Hepatitis B and C virus in appearance of decompensate chronic hepatic disease at CHU Kamenge.Bujumbura-BurundIJ .B Ngomirakiza, CHU Kamenge. Bujumbura, Burundi

NC050/OC: Descriptive epidemiolgy of intracranial meningiomas in two Academic Hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa: A 12-month prospective StudyKaunda Ibebuike, Department of Neurosurgery, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

12:45-13:00 QH033/OC: The importance of Quality improvement in health care delivery: The Mildmay Uganda experience.Joan Nangiya, Mildmay Uganda

NC051OC: Prostate Cancer at King Faisal HospitalEmile Rwamasirabo, King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda


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(Oral & Poster Presentations and Exhibitions) Time Ball Room Auditorium Pool Side Room


Moderator: Prof Celestino Obua, Uganda Rapporteur: James Kariuki, Kenya


Moderator: Dr Susan Magada, Kenya

Rapporteur: Dr Tuyishime Albert, Rwanda

14:00-14:15 QH034/OC: Effect of praziquantel treatment on genetic diversity and structure of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia populations from infected children as assessed by microsatellites markers.L.E.Agola, KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya

NC052/OC: Importance of socio-economical factors on the management of Cancer in RwandaInnocent Nyaruhirira, National University of Rwanda

14:15-14:30 QH035/OC: InVivo antiplasmodial evaluation of extracts fromToddalia Assiatica (L) lam (Rutaceae)ORWA, JA, Kemri, Kenya

NC053/OC: Attitudes and Views of Secondary School students on Association of Drug Abuse and DiseaseMwaura L.W. KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya

14:30-14:45 QH036/OC: Virologic Failure is associated with Non-Disclosure of HIV Status Among Patients With Advanced HIV Starting Antiretroviral Therapy (ART); the Kericho IRIS StudyHellen Ngeno, KEMRI/Walter Reed Project, Kenya

NC054/OC: Hematological Cancers in Rwanda. Case of Myeloid leukemia one year follow up at King Faisal Hospital from November 2011 to November 2012Fabien Ntaganda, King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda

14:45-15:00 QH037/OC: Non-Surgical Male Circumcision Procedure For HIV Prevention Using Lidocaine 5% Dermal Cream Vincent Mutabazi, Rwanda Biomedical Centre/Medical research Centre, MoH, Rwanda

NC055/OC: Addressing blindness within the NCD framework: Evidence from population based surveysWanjiku Mathenge, Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital/ RIIO

15:00-15:15 QH038/OC: A Comparison of two PCR assays for the diagnosis of HIV in infantsMakwaga Olipher, KEMRI-CIPDCR, Kenya

NC056/OC: Anatomoclinical and Immunohistochemical profile of liver cell carcinoma metastases in an unusual siteRaphael Karengayi, King Faisal Hospital

15:15-15:30 QH039/OC: Surveillance of drug-resistant Salmonella sp and Shigella sp infections in RwandaJ.B Gatabazi, Rwanda Military Hospital

NC057/OC: Enhanced Dyslipidemic Profiles among Residents of Langata Constituency in Nairobi KenyaKaduka L, KEMRI, Kenya

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(Oral & Poster Presentations and Exhibitions) Time Ball Room Auditorium Pool Side Room


Moderator: Prof Celestino Obua, Uganda Rapporteur: James Kariuki, Kenya


Moderator: Dr Susan Magada, Kenya

Rapporteur: Dr Tuyishime Albert, Rwanda

16:00-16:15 QH040/OC: Factors that Motivate People Living with HIV and AIDS to Disclose Their HIV StatusM. Amony, ROM HIV/AIDS Initiatives,

NC058/OC: Trauma burden in RwandaNkusi A. E, King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda

16:30-16:45 QH041/OC: Comparison of Adherence with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among HIV-1 Negative Clinical Trial participants in sero-discordant relationships in Kisumu before and after release from Clinical trialsWambuti, B M, Kenya

NC059/OC: Phenotypic and Molecular characterization of fusarium species isolated from creals in aflatoxin hot zones in Eastern province-kenyaMashedi O, Kenya

16:45-17:00 QH042/OC: Résistance bactérienne au Centre Hospitalo universitaire de KAMENGE

Makuraza F, CHUK, Kamenge, Burundi

NC060/OC: Communities’ knowledge and perceptions of Type two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in RwandaMadeleine Mukeshimana, Kigali Health Institute.

17:00-17:15 QH043/OC: Prevention with Positives Interventions in the Rwanda National HIV Program, 2011

Mugwaneza P, Ministry of Health, Rwanda

NC061/OC: Expression of Caspase-2 during early heart development: What is the role of Caspase-2.Julien Gashegu, Clinical Anatomy, National University of Rwanda

17:15-17:30 Discussion: Moderator NCD062/OC: Hearing impairment: Should policies reshuffle priorities?Mukara BK, King Faisal Hospital

OTHER SYMPOSIATime Serena MUHAZI Room

08:00-15.30 Simposium on HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Detailed Program in annex

Time Serena Delegates Room

14:00-17.30 Training on quality of health care by Regional Center for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC)

Detailed Program in annex

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Day 3: Friday, March 29th

(Oral & Poster Presentations and Exhibitions)Symposium III: Population, Health and the environment: Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive Health and Environmental Conservation Policies and programs in East Africa (EAC/LVBC/USAID) Kenya

Moderator: EAC/LVBC/USAIDRapporteur: EAC/LVBC/USAID

Sub-Theme 1:Maternal and Child Health(Achieving MDGS for Maternal and Child Health

Moderator: Dr Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Rwanda

Rapporteur: Immaculee Mpeberane

Environment and health in Africa Climate and vector-borne diseases Symposium

Moderator: Health Futures

Rapporteur: Health Futures

Time Ball Room Auditorium Pool Side Room 08.00-08.15

Symposium III: Population, Health and the environment: Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive Health and Environmental Conservation Policies and programs in East Africa (EAC/LVBC/USAID) Kenya Detailed program in annex

MC063/OC: Stakeholders involvement in the development of the priority interventions on prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in TanzaniaElizabeth H Shayo, NIMR, Tanzania

08.15-08.30 MC064/OC: Risky sexual behavior and knowledge of HIV/AIDS among reproductive age women in Tanzania, Kilima S, NIMR, Tanzania

08.30-08.45 MC065/OC: Anemia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected and Uninfected Women in RwandaMasaisa Florence, National University of Rwanda, Rwanda

08.45-09.00 MC066/OC: Challenges in Management of Paediatric Infective Endocarditis at a tertiary level in Rwanda. Hategekimana C, Byumba District Hospital, Rwanda

09.00-09.15 MC067/OC: Hepatitis B And C Among Pregnant Women In Rwanda, 2011Mwumvaneza M, Ministry of Health,Rwanda

09.15-09.30 MC068/OC: Evaluation of the efficacy of sublingual Lorazepam versus intrarectal Diazepam in the managment of acute epyleptic seizures in pediatric settings. ‘Preliminary study’ Mukampuga C, CHUK, Kigali, Rwanda

09.30-09.45 MC069/OC: Outcome Of Extremely Low Birth Weight InfantsKalimba E, University of the Witwatersrand

09.45-10.00 MC070/OC: Prevalence and Predictors of Giving Birth in Health Facilities in Bugesera District, RwandaStephen Rulisa, National University of Rwanda

10.00-10.15 MC071/OC: A Retrospective Review of Pediatric Intussusception at University Teaching Hospital of KigaliEdouard Ngendahayo, King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda

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11.00-11.15 MC072/OC: Pursuit of Millennium Development Goals4 and 5 in Rwanda: A Progress UpdateHon Agnes Binagwaho, Ministry of Health Rwanda

MC079/OC: Are HIV Exposed Infants at a Higher Risk of Early Neonatal Death?: 2008-2010 Rwanda Military Hospital neonatal audit.Orikiriiza Judy, Rwanda Military Hospital

11.15-11.30 MC073/OC: Trends in malaria cases, hospital admissions and deaths following scale-up of antimalarial interventions, 2000–2010, RwandaCorine Karema, Rwanda Biomedical Centre/Malaria Division

MC080/OC: Contraceptive Use in Clients Attending HIV Testing and Counseling Services in Youth-Friendly and Outreach Settings, 2009-2010Felix Ndagije, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rwanda

11.30-11.45 MC074/OC: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and infertility in Rwanda: diagnosticsignificance of IgG andIgA antibodies testingClaude Mambo Muvunyi, Rwanda BiomedicalCentre/National Reference Laboratory, MoH, Rwanda

MC081/OC: Relationship between Health Insurance Membership and use Of essential health Services For Women And Children In Rwanda (2005, 2007-08 And 2010) Muhammed Semakula, Medical Research Center / RBC , MoH, Rwanda

11.45-12.00 MC075/OC: A study of determinants of modern Family Planning use and non - use in Uganda.Achola R, United Nations Population Fund, Uganda

MC082/OC: Prenatal follow up in first trimester after an obstetric complication characterized by placental insufficiency, a 2 year retrospective studySylvestre Bazikamwe, CHU, Kamemge, Burundi

12.00-12.15 MC076/OC: Malaria among Human Immunodeficiency Virus seropositive and seronegative women attending a postnatal clinic in Nyanza Province, KenyaOndongo L A, Kemri , Kisumu

MC083/OC: Assessing coverage in emergency obstetric care services and unmet needs in Malindi District, KenyaECHOKA Elizabeth, Kemri, Nairobi, Kenya

12.15-12.30 MC077/OC: Effective Behavior Change Communication Channels for Increased Uptake of Modern Contraception: Interpersonal Communications Make a Difference in RwandaFidele Ngabo, Ministry of Health Rwanda

MC084/OC: Pattern of admission, care and outcome of neonates managed in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Kenyatta National Hospital, a National Referral Hospital,John Baptist Nkuranga Paediatrics: University of Nairobi, Kenya

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12.30-12.45 MC078/OC: Integrated Research partnerships for Malaria Control through an ecohealth approach in East Africa, Rwanda: A Malariometric and Entomology SurveyNjunwa K.J, Kigali Health Institute, Rwanda

MC085/OC: Assessing Neural Tube Defect Prevalence in Central Kenya 2005-2010: Implications for National Surveillance and Folic Acid Fortification Programs

Githuku Jane, Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation – Nairobi, Kenya

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CLOSING CEREMONIESChairperson: Uganda

Rapporteur: Burundi

Time Ball Room Pool Side02:00-03:00 Presentation of Implementation

reports of the previous resolutions of the past EAC Health and Scientific Conferences:1st EAC Conference: Ministry of Health Uganda2nd EAC Conference: Ministry of Health Tanzania3rd EAC Conference: Ministry of Health Kenya,Stanley Sonoiya

03:00-03:30 Reports from Rapportuers of the Main and Sub-ThemesReports from Rapportuers from the Symposia, Vincent Mutabazi

03:30 -04:00 BreakTime Ball Room

04:00-04:10 Compilation of Conference Resolutions and Recommendations

Leon Mutesa, Head of National Steering Committee

04:10-04:30 Speech by Hon Minister of Health Uganda as chairperson of the Council of Ministers

Awards to best presenters

04:30: 04:40 Traditional Dance04:40-05:00 Official closing Speech and hand over to the

Burundi Ministry of HealthHon Minister of Health Rwanda

05:00-05:10 Vote of Thanks and invitation to the 5th EAC Health and Scientific Committee

Ministry of Health Burundi

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Tobacco Control Symposium

4th ANNUAL EAST AFRICA SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, March 27 – 29, 2013, SERENA HOTEL, KIGALI

SYMPOSIUM: TOBACCO CONTROL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS & NON-‐

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013 Venue, CONFERENCE HALL A

CO-‐SPONSORED BY:

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) & CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO FREE KIDS (CTFK-‐USA)

Time Event Responsible

CHAIR EAC

8.00-‐8.30 Registration and Opening WHO

8.30-‐9.00 Key note address: Mainstreaming NCDs and tobacco control –A call to action

Dr. Vinayak Prasad WHO-‐HQ

9.00-‐9.15 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ‘How can this leverage Tobacco Control Policy’

Prof. Robert Machang’u WHO-‐AFRO

9.15-‐9.30 Tobacco Control Economics and Taxation (Focus on Taxation as a tool to reduce consumption)

Mr. Kofi Nti WHO-‐HQ

9.30 -‐ 9.45 Health and Economic Cost in Tobacco Control (The cost of inaction in the health sector)

Dr. Nargis Nigar WHO-‐HQ

9.45 -‐10.00 Tobacco Trade -‐ including illicit trade Dr. Vinayak Prasad WHO-‐HQ

10.00 – 10. 15 Social Political Dimensions of Tobacco Control (Linkage of tobacco with poverty, development, and farmers livelihoods)

Dr. Possy Mugyenyi Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa TCA

10.15 – 11.00 DISCUSSION

11.00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK

CHAIR – CTFK

11.30 – 11.50 Tobacco Legislation and Policy Advocacy Joshua Kyallo Director, Africa Programmes CTFK

11.50 -‐12.20 Role of Parliamentarians in Tobacco Control Policy & legislation

Hon. Chris Baryomunsi

12.20-‐12.35 CSO tobacco control experiences Vincent Kimosop ILA Kenya

12.35-‐12.50 Experiences in Advocating for Tobacco Control-‐Ug Robinah Katiritimba UHCO -‐ UG

12.50 – 13.05 Experiences and Challenges in Tobacco Control-‐ TZ Lutgard Kagaruki TTCF -‐ TZ

13.05 – 14.00 LUNCH BREAK

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CHAIR -‐ WHO

14.00 – 14.30

DISCUSSION

14.30 – 16.00

‘Round Table’ discussion of the Status of tobacco control legislation in the EAC countries; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi.

MOH TC Focal Persons with Hazel Slavin and Dr Maurice Ope

16.00 – 16.15 TEA BREAK

16.15-‐17.15

Questions and Symposium Communique Hazel Slavin Conference Rapporteur

17.15 CLOSE

First East African Community Epidemiology Symposium

The First East African Community Epidemiological Symposium

Co-‐Sponsored by:

The East African Public Health Laboratory Networking Project (EAPHLNP) & The

East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet)

Programme, Thursday, 28th March 2013

Time Activity 08.00 -‐09.00 hrs Registration and welcome remarks, ECSA-‐HC Secretariat

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SESSION 1: Moderator, TBD

09.00-‐09.50 hrs Communicable Disease Burden (Epidemiological/data trends) and interventions from 1st January 2008 up to 31st December 2012 Speakers: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania (10 minutes each)

09.50-‐10.10 hrs Discussion 10.10-‐10.30 hrs Health Break

SESSION 2: Featured Speakers Moderator, TBD

10.30 – 10.45 hrs

Encouraging participation of the private sector in disease surveillance-‐challenges and opportunities Speaker: Josie Muigai, Public Private Partnership Transaction Advisory Services-‐IFC

10.45 – 11.00 hrs

Advancing one health in managing emerging and re-‐emerging disease Speaker: Prof Esron Karimuribo -‐SACIDS

11.00 -‐11.10 hrs Discussion SESSION 3: Zoonotics & Laboratory Networking

Moderator, TBD 11.10-‐11.20 hrs Is Uganda a hub for zoonotic disease outbreaks? Lessons and challenges

from Ebola, Marburg, Yellow fever and Anthrax outbreaks Speaker: Immaculate Nabukenya, Ministry of Health, Kampala Uganda

11.20-‐11.30 hrs Brucellosis Outbreak in Kiteto District, Manyara Region May 2012 Speaker: Alfred Geoffrey, FELTP, Tanzania

11.30 – 11.40 hrs

Epidemiological Characteristics of Influenza in Rwanda, 2008-‐2011 Speaker: Marie A. Muhimpundu

11.40 – 11.50 hrs

Evaluation of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) based on cholera as a priority public health disease, Dar es Salaam, 2012 Speaker: Clarah M. Adel, FELTP, Tanzania

11.50-‐12.00 hrs Discussion SESSION 4: Technology as a tool of improving early detection and response

Moderator, TBD 12.00-‐12.10 hrs Proposed method to evaluate the response to suspected disease

outbreaks using a short message service (SMS) model: A cluster randomized trial Speaker: Mitsuru Toda, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine

12.10-‐12.20 hrs TRACnet/eIDSR: A national phone-‐based and web-‐based tool for the timely Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Rwanda. Speaker: KABEJA Adeline, Rwanda Biomedical Center

12.20-‐12.30 hrs Use of mobile phones system (Tahadhari ) for rapid reporting and detection of outbreaks and other health events –Urambo District, Tanzania, 2010 Speaker: Geoffrey Mchau, Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Tanzania

12.30 -‐12.40 hrs Experiences of Cross-‐Border Sectoral Collaboration in Sharing of Data and Information on Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the South East Asia Mekong River Basin Speaker: Dr. Moe Ko Oo, Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network

12.40 -‐13.00 hrs Discussions

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SESSION 5: Panel Discussion Moderator, TBD

14.00-‐14.30 hrs Promoting laboratory improvements for disease prevention and control Panelist: Dr Christina Mwangi, CDC Uganda & Dr Jean-‐Bosco Ndihokubwayo, WHO AFRO

14.30-‐14.45 hrs Discussions SESSION 6: Moderator, TBD

14.50 – 15.00 hrs

Peer inter-‐country assessment of laboratories in the East African Region; The East Africa Public Health Laboratories Networking Project (EAPHLNP) Speaker: Martin Matu, East Central & Southern Africa Health Community

15.00-‐15.10 hrs The Epidemiology of Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda, 2008-‐2012 Speaker: Joseph F. Wamala, Ministry of Health, Kampala Uganda

15.10-‐ 15.20 hrs A study to determine the level of knowledge on the cause, treatment, prevention and control of viral influenza infections Speaker: Philip M. Muthoka, Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation, Kenya

15.20-‐15.30 hrs Drug Resistance Patterns of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolated from Samples Referred To Tuberculosis Central Reference Laboratory in Kenya, 2010-‐2011. Speaker: Evans Kiprotich, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Kenya

15.30-‐16.00 hrs Discussion 16.00-‐17.00 hrs Policy Recommendations and Closure

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DETAILED PROGRAM FOR SYMPOSIUM HIV & AIDS, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Symposium

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

Symposium on HIV and Sexual and Gender-‐Based Violence (SGBV)

Tentative programme

Date: 28th March 2013

Venue: Serene Hotel, Kigali

Time Activity Person responsible

8.00-‐8.30 Registration MoH Rwanda, Population Council, EAC 8.30-‐8.45 Official Opening DSG(PSS) 8.45-‐9.00 Welcome Chairman -‐EAC 9.00-‐9.15 Overview of program,

Introduction of Speakers

Dr. Chi-‐Chi Undie

9.15 – 9.30 HIV and AIDS: EAC Regional Perspective

Dr. Michael Katende (EAC)

9.00-‐9.15 Overview of SGBV and HIV: Regional & International Perspectives

Dr. Nduku Kilonzo (Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment)

9.15-‐10.15 Country Presentations on the Status of SGBV and HIV &AIDS interventions in EAC Partner States

Presentations from EAC Partner States’ relevant ministries (MoH , Mo Gender etc)

10.15-‐10.30 Plenary Discussion Chair ( MOH or gender Rwanda) 10.30-‐10.50 Tea Break 10.50-‐11.00 A Survivor’s

Testimony

11.00 -‐12.30 Network Partner Presentations

The Africa Regional SGBV Network The Zero-‐tolerance Village Alliance (2010-‐2012): Fiona Nicholson, Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment

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Programme Testing out the Girls Empowerment Clubs ‘Plus’ Program in Swaziland: Nelisiwe Mtshali & Cebile Manzini-‐Henwood, Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse Assessing the Feasibility of Improving Access to HIV PEP for SV Survivors through Zambian Police Services: Mary Zama, Population Council Zambia Testing the Feasibility of Police Provision of EC in Malawi: Charles Gawani, Malawi Human Rights Resource Center Improving the collection, documentation, and utilization of medico-‐legal evidence in Kenya: Carol Ajema & Wanjiru Mukoma, Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment Screening for intimate partner violence in public health care settings in Kenya: Margaret Mak’anyengo, Kenyatta National Hospital, Chi-‐Chi Undie, Population Council, Catherine Maternowska, UNICEF/ESARO

12.30-‐1.00 Plenary Discussion Mr. Justus Olielo (Population Council) 1.00 -‐2.00 Lunch Break 2.00 -‐2.30 Plenary Discussion

Cont’d; Mr. Justus Olielo (Population Council)

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SYMPOSIUM ON QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE REGIONAL CENTER FOR QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

(RCQHC) 28th March 2013 4TH EAST AFFRICAN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SUBTHEME,

28TH MARCH 2013

Time Topic Presenter Title 8:00am-‐

8:05am Welcome Remarks Dr. Getachew Tefera Chair, Plenary Session 8:05am-‐

8:15am Opening Remarks Miss Julia Henn Director, Regional Health and HIV/AIDS Office

8:15am-‐8:35am

The Quality Improvement movement in Africa: Where have we come from and where are we going?

Prof Francis Omaswa Key Note

Executive Director of the African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation

8:35am-‐8:50am

Critical gaps in institutionalizing quality improvement; and possible solutions

Assoc. Prof Fred Wabwire-‐Mangen

Acting Director, Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care

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9:05am Plenary Discussion

9:05am-‐9:20am

Health Professional for a new Century: Transforming education to strengthen health systems Prof David Serwadda

Professor of Public Health and Disease Control, Makerere University College of Health Sciences

9:20am-‐9:35am

Competency based QI training; a framework for institutionalizing QI Dr Tana Wuliji

Senior Quality Improvement Advisor, University Research Co., LLC

9:35am-‐

9:50am Plenary Discussion

9:50am-‐10:05am

Strengthening leadership and coordination for effective quality health care

Dr. Mohamed Ally Mohamed

Director of Health Quality Assurance at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania

10:05am-‐10:20am

Policy steps conducive for institutionalization of Quality Improvement

Dr. Jean de Dieu Ngirabega

Director General Clinical Services, MoH Rwanda

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The East African Scientific Conference

Quality of Health Care Training

Thursday 28th March 2013

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Thursday 28th March 2013 Session objectives

1. To introduce participants to quality improvement 2. To guide participants through tools applied in quality improvement 3. To assess knowledge gained in the training 4. To respond to participants inquiries and future actions to improve healthcare

quality

Time Session Session Details Lead Facilitator 2:00 – 2:15 pm Arrival, Registration and

Networking Registration and networking with different participants

RCQHC Team

2:15 – 2:30 pm Welcome and opening remarks.

RCQHC background, activities in the region, Session objectives

Prof. Wabwire -Mangen

2:30 – 2:45 pm Pre-test Short answer questions Dr. Patrick Kagurusi

Presentations 2: 45: – 3:00 pm Presentation:

Introduction Quality of Healthcare

Definition of Quality of healthcare

Getachew Tefera

3:00 – 3:15 pm Presentation: Principles of Quality of Health Care

Principles of Quality of health care and improvement

Dr. Daniel Tumwine

3:15 - 3:30 pm Presentation: Approaches to Quality Improvement

Various approaches & Methods of improving quality of health care.

Dr. Patrick Kagurusi

3:30 – 4:00 pm Presentations: Quality Improvement tools

Overview of tools applied in quality improvement and exercises

Dr. Julian Nabatanzi

4:00 - 4:15 pm Post test Dr. Dan Tumwine 4: 15 – 4: 30 pm TEA BREAK Tea break and networking RCQHC Team 4: 30 – 5:00 pm Networking

Closure

Responding to trainee inquiries Issuing certificates

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Environment and health in Africa -‐ Climate and vector-‐borne diseases Symposium Agenda

Environment and health in Africa

Climate and vector-‐borne diseases Symposium

East African Community Annual Health & Scientific Conference, Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda, March 29 2013

Agenda

07.00-‐ 08.00 Registration 08.00-‐ 08.15 Welcome QWeCI Coordinator: Andy Morse, University of Liverpool, and HEALTHY FUTURES Coordinator: David Taylor, Trinity College Dublin/National University of Singapore 08.15-‐ 08.45 Plenary: : The potential of climate-‐based early warning systems for improved

management of vector borne diseases in Africa. Dr Magaran Bagayoko,Director of the Protection of Human Environment

Programme, World Health Organization – Regional office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo Republic

08.45 -‐ 09.00 Climate change and the discourse of environmental health in eastern Africa David Taylor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore 09:00 -‐ 09.15 Community Perceptions of Health Risk Management in Changing Climate in Tanzania Sheila Chemjor, Eastern Africa Regional International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Nairobi, Kenya 09.15 – 09:30 Uses of seasonal forecasts in Africa for malaria prediction Andy Morse, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 09.30 -‐ 09.45 Rainfall and RVF emergence in Senegal: beyond twenty years of investigation, lessons learned and perspectives Jacques Andre Ndione, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Dakar, Senegal 9.45 -‐ 10.00 Mapping the distribution of potential Rift Valley Fever hotspots in East Africa Bernard Bett, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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Environment and health in Africa -‐ Climate and vector-‐borne diseases Symposium Agenda: 29 March 2013, Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

10:00 -‐ 10.15 Identification of Malaria Transmission Hotspots for Targeting Malaria Control in Kigali City Jean Pierre Bizimana, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda 10.15 -‐ 10.30 Mapping the underlying causes of vector-‐borne diseases in East Africa Stefan Kienberger, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 10:30 -‐ 11:00 COFFEE 11.00 -‐ 11.15 Climatic and socioeconomic determinants of malaria in Rwanda and Uganda Felipe de Jesús Colón-‐González, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy 11.15 -‐ 11.30 Geostatistical modelling and analysis of under five malaria risk in Malawi James Chirombo, Malawi Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi 11.30 -‐ 11.45 A spatially-‐explicit simulation model for Rift Valley fever transmission John Gachohi, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya 11.45 -‐ 12.00 VECTRI -‐ a new high resolution regional model for malaria that accounts for population density and surface hydrology Adrian Tompkins, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy 12.00 -‐ 12.15 21st century projections of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto population dynamics in Africa Nils Hempelmann, Climate Service Centre, Hamburg, Germany 12.15 -‐ 12.30 EUPORIAS dynamical downscaling of global seasonal forecasts for East Africa Grigory Nikulin, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden 12.30 -‐ 14.00 LUNCH 14.00 -‐ 14.15 Comparative Study of the Impact of Climate Variability on Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis Sammy Tay, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana 14.15 -‐ 14.30 Providing regional climate change information for East Africa: CORDEX and HEALTHY FUTURES

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Environment and health in Africa -‐ Climate and vector-‐borne diseases Symposium Agenda: 29 March 2013, Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

Grigory Nikulin, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden 14.30 -‐ 14.45 The prototype Malaria Early Warning System of ECMWF and ICTP (MEWS) Francesca Di Giuseppe, European Centre for Medium-‐Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK 14.45 -‐ 15.00 Conclusion of the day and acknowledgments Theophile Niyonzima, National University of Rwanda, HEALTHY FUTURES

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POPULATION, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT SYMPOSIUM

AT THE 4TH EAC ANNUAL HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC

CONFERENCE, KIGALI, RWANDA

Title: “Population, Health and the Environment: Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive Health and Environmental Conservation Policies and

Programmes in East Africa”

PROGRAMME SYMPOSIUM HOST: Lake Victoria Basin Commission DATE: 29th March 2013 VENUE: Conference A SESSION MODERATOR: Dr. Patrick Karugusi (Regional Center for Quality of Healthcare (RCQHC) Time Activity/presentation

Responsible

0810–0830 hrs Technical Key Note presentation on Population, Health, Environment and the Demographic Dividend

Dr. Gladys Kalema Zikusoka Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH)

0830-‐0845hrs What are the linkages between population dynamics, climate change and sustainable development in Africa?: Examination of macro and policy level links in East Africa

Dr. Eliya Zulu – African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)

0845-‐0900hrs Healthy Families, healthy Environment: bright future -‐ HOPE-‐LVB project

Lucy Shillingi-‐ Pathfinder International

0900-‐ 0915hrs Best Practice Platforms for Population Health and Environment in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa

Dr. Odongo Odiyo-‐ Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, Health Community (ECSA-‐HC)

0915-‐0930hrs Integrated Health and Environmental Protection Approaches in Lake Victoria Basin: LVBC role and responses

Dr. Doreen Othero-‐ Lake Victoria Basin Commission

0930-‐0945hrs Ethiopia PHE experiences and lessons learnt

Mr. Negash Teklu -‐Executive Director, PHE Ethiopia Consortium

0945-‐1000hrs The East Africa PHE Network Mr. Karugu Ngatia-‐ National Council for Population and Development (NCPD), Kenya

1000-‐1100hrs Conclusions and Wayforward Dr. Getachew Tefera (RCQHC) 1100-‐1130hrs Networking Tea/Coffee break

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