Healthcare Excellence Indaba Agenda

Prof Edward Kunonga, Strategic Advisor- Global Health, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Moderator: 

• Prof Edward Kunonga, Strategic Advisor- Global Health, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Speaker:

• Dr Anban Pillay, Deputy Director General, National Department of Health, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa

As African health systems face growing pressure from changing disease burdens, constrained resources and increasing expectations around access and quality, how can policy ambition be translated into stronger healthcare delivery?

Discussion points

• Strengthening health systems while improving access, quality and affordability
• Building stronger procurement, diagnostics and disease-surveillance capabilities
• Using technology, clinical expertise and knowledge-sharing to close capacity gaps
• Where government, academia and industry can collaborate more effectively

Moderator: 

• Dr Mories Atoki, CEO, ABCHealth, Lagos, Nigeria

Panelists:

• Khadija Jamaloodien, Chief Director: Health Products Procurement, National Health Insurance, National Department of Health, South Africa
• Prof Nazir Ismail, Executive Director, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa
• Dr Farouk Dako, Director, Botswana-UPenn Partnership; Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Botswana
• Lynda Decker, President, Western Private Sector Healthcare Federation, Ghana
• Dr Dawit Moges, President, Ethiopian Employers Federation; Secretary General, Confederation of IGAD Employers, Ethiopia

Nelson Teixeira, Managing Director, Operations, Sub-Saharan Africa, FedEx, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Moderator: 

• Prof Sipho Dlamini, Associate Professor - Infectious Diseases, University of Cape Town & Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Panelists:

• Dr Taz Emeran-Thomas, Founder & CEO, Khaya-Doc, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
• Dr Vuyane Mhlomi, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Quro Medical, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Dr Mzulungile Nodikida, Chief Executive Officer, SAMA, Pretoria, South Africa
• Dr Mories Atoki, CEO, ABCHealth, Lagos, Nigeria

South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)