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World Health Expo in Johannesburg

Quality Management & Patient Safety Indaba Session Agenda

Theme: Raising standards, reducing risks, improving outcomes

đź“… 8 October 2026
📍 Hall 2, Gallagher Convention Centre  

Agenda 

10:00

Welcome and opening remarks by conference chair  

Prof Sabelile Tenza, Associate Professor, North-West University, School of Nursing Science, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa  

SESSION 1

10:00

Welcome and opening remarks by conference chair  

Prof Sabelile Tenza, Associate Professor, North-West University, School of Nursing Science, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa 

10:15

Keynote - What health facilities need to meet regulatory and accreditation standards?

Dr Lesiba Rashokeng, Director, Certification and Enforcement, Office of Health Standards Compliance, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa  

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Panel discussion - Investment priorities in patient safety, procurement & leader integrity

Moderator  

  • Dr Maureen Tshabalala, Vice President, Accelerate Patient Safety & Quality Care Network, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa  

Panelists:  

  • Dr Nkuli Boikhutso, Chief Executive Officer, Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa  
  • Dr Estelle Le Roux, Chief Executive Officer, ARWYP Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Dr Lydia Okutoyi, President, Society for Quality Health Care, Nairobi, Kenya  

12:15

Drager

12:30

Break

SESSION 2

13:30

Panel discussion - Litigation risk and key medico-legal cost drivers

Moderator:

  • Dr Jacqui Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, COHSASA, Cape Town, South Africa 

 

Panellists:  

  • Arthur Manning, Chief Executive Officer, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa  
  • Prof Brad Beira, Medicolegal advisor, Cape Town, South Africa  

14:30

Keynote - The crisis of NCD’s in Africa  

  • Dr Adelard Kakunze, Program Lead, Senior Technical Officer, NCD’s Injuries & Mental Health, Africa CDC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

15:00

Q&A

15:15

Closing remarks

  • Prof Sabelile Tenza

15:30

End of Indaba