BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200714T1218Z-1594729090.9976-EO-34599-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260418T133108Z CREATED:20200713T201920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200807T001240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200715T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200715T113000 SUMMARY: Public Health Systems and Health Care: Fostering Lessons For The F uture DESCRIPTION: This webinar series highlights African responses to COVID-19 a cross different sectors. In this session\, learn about the resilience of Af rica's health care systems and ways in which other pandemics have prepared many African nations for effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This webinar series\, hosted by the Liu In stitute Network for Africa\, highlights African responses to COVID-19 acros s different sectors. In this session\, we aim to highlight the resilience o f Africa's health care systems and ways in which other pandemics have prepa red many African nations for effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We will hear from high-level leaders from various nations and region s in the continent to learn more about the current state of health status a nd health care systems in Africa.

Finally\, we will explore new and e merging lessons and opportunities for the future.

Learn more on the LINA website

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Watch the webinar recording below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtziHKR3eWM&feature= youtu.be

 

Opening remarks by Professor Santa Ono\, 15th President and Vice-Chancellor\, UBC

Speakers

Dr-Matshidiso-Moeti

< p class="">Dr. Matshidiso Moeti\, from Botswana\, is the f irst woman to be elected as WHO Regional Director for Africa. Over the past five years\, Dr Moeti has led the transformation of WHO in Africa to ensur e the Organization is accountable\, effective and driven by results. A key feature of the Regional Director's leadership is the cultivation of strong partnerships\, both with traditional and new partners\, including philanthr opic foundations\, civil society\, academia\, and increasing engagement wit h young people and women in global health.

Dr. Moeti is a pu blic health veteran\, with almost 40 years of national and international ex perience. She joined the WHO Regional Office for Africa in 1999 and has ser ved as Deputy Regional Director\, Assistant Regional Director\, Director of Noncommunicable Diseases\, WHO Representative for Malawi\, Coordinator of the Inter-Country Support Team for the South and East African countries and  Regional Advisor for HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Moeti is renowned for ha ving led WHO’s “3 by 5” Initiative in Africa at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic\, resulting in a significant increase in access to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV.

Prior to joining WHO\, Dr. Moeti worked with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAI DS) as Team Leader of the Africa and Middle East Desk in Geneva (1997–1999) \; with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as Regional Health Advi sor for East and Southern Africa\; and with Botswana’s Ministry of Health a s a clinician and public health specialist.

 

Lemogang Kwape

Hon. Dr. Lemogan g Kwape\, who is area Member of Parliament for Kanye South  consti tuency in the Southern part of Botswana was appointed the Minister of Healt h and Wellness\, Botswana on November 6th 2019.

Dr. Kwape ho lds a PhD in Epidemiology from University of Aberdeen\, Scotland\; a Master ’s Degree in Public Health & Epidemiology from Wageningen University\, Neth erlands\; and a Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics from Texas Southern Universi ty\, USA.

Dr. Kwape’s strong technical background includes o ver two decades of work as a Registered Dietitian with Botswana Health Prof essions Council\, having worked in public\, private and Non Governmental Or ganisation spheres. His roles and various duties in these portfolios earned him diverse professional experience as they accorded him opportunities to function in the areas of policy\, public administration\, management\, stra tegic networking\, cultural sensitivity\, gender & diversity and economic d evelopment.

An administrator of note\, Honourable Minister D r. Kwape worked as the Head of Nutrition and Dietetics at the National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC) Botswana\, where he spent 19 years of h is career. He is a strategic thinker who rises to the challenge and identif ies problems\, and proposes innovative and realistic solutions when called upon to do so.

Due to his professionalism and effectiveness Honourable Minister Dr. Kwape served in various social leadership roles and high level decision making Boards which include\, and serving as:

Salim AK 2020

Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim\, FRS\, is a South African c linical infectious diseases epidemiologist widely recognized for scientific contributions to HIV prevention and treatment. He is Director of the Centr e for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)\, Durban\, a nd CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University\, New York.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseas es at Harvard University\, Boston\, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Cornel l University\, New York\, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the Univers ity of KwaZulu-Natal\, Durban. He is an Associate Member of The Ragon Insti tute of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)\, Massachusetts Institute of T echnology (MIT) and Harvard University. He previously served as President o f the South African Medical Research Council and is currently serving as th e Chair of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 and as a Member of the Africa Task Force for Coronavirus and the Lancet Commis sion on COVID-19.

Dr. Abdool Karim is ranked among the world ’s most highly cited scientists by Web of Science. He serves on th e Boards of several journals\, including the New England Journal of Med icine\, Lancet Global Health\, Lancet HIV and mBio. He is the Chair of the UNAIDS Scientific Expert Panel\, WHO’s HIV Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee as well as the WHO TB-HIV Task Force. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Global Health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

His many awards include the Af rican Union’s “Kwame Nkrumah Award” which is Africa’s most prestigious scie ntific award\, the Kuwait Al-Sumait Award\, the Canadian Gairdner Global He alth Award and pinnacle awards from the African Academy of Sciences\, Acade my of Science in South Africa\, Royal Society of South Africa and the South African Medical Research Council. He is member of the US National Academy of Medicine\, the American Academy of Microbiology and the Association of A merican Physicians.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS ).

 

Nyatanyi Thierry

Dr. Thierry Nyatanyi is a physician by training and gl obal health specialist. Previously\, Nyatanyi worked with the Ministry of H ealth in Rwanda\, and with the University of Minnesota in the United States . In Rwanda\, he served as the director of the epidemiology department\, an d head of division for epidemic surveillance and response at the Ministry o f Health. In that capacity\, he was responsible for developing\, implementi ng\, monitoring and evaluating programs meant to prevent\, and rapidly resp ond to epidemic prone diseases threats. In the United States\, he has worke d with the University of Minnesota as the regional technical lead for Afric a\, under the USAID funded One Health Workforce Project that supported high er institutions of learning (public health and veterinary medicine) to deve lop of a public health workforce with the technical skills and cross-sector al capacity to readily adapt and respond to emerging infectious disease thr eats in eight African countries. He has also worked as an international con sultant with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)\, to assess One Health operationalization gaps in the Africa region. Currently\, he serves as the senior advisor on COVID-19 response with the Africa CDC\, supportin g the Ministry of Health in Rwanda.  He is fluent in English and French. He received an MD/M.P.H from the University of Rwanda\, and a MMSc-GHD from H arvard Medical School.

 

Moderator

Dr-Farah-Shrof f-photo

Dr. Farah Shroff is a public health researcher and educator and faculty mem ber at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine. Born in Ke nya\, she has worked in various African nations on projects related to wome n's health\, training of village health workers\, participatory action rese arch\, traditional medicine\, HIV and more. Farah is the founder and lead o f Maternal and Infant Health Canada.

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