Plenary session I

Session detail

Welcome address and official opening of the Twelfth EDCTP Forum

Speakers:
  • Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Rwanda
  • Henning Gädeke, Chair of the EDCTP Association Board and Chair of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking Governing Board, Germany
  • Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director-General for the Division of Health Emergency Intelligence and Surveillance Systems in the Emergencies Programme/Acting Regional Director of the African Regional Office, World Health Organization (WHO-AFRO)
  • Raji Tajudeen, Acting Deputy Director General and Head, Division of Public Health Institutes and Research, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
  • Eva Ortega-Paíno, Secretary General for Research, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain
  • Honourable State Secretary Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, Switzerland
  • Martin Seychell, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG-INTPA), European Commission
  • Honourable Minister Sabin Nsanzimana, Minister of Health of Rwanda

Global Health EDCTP3: from vision and strategy to impact

Speakers:
  • Michael Makanga, Executive Director, Global Health EDCTP3, Belgium

Global health security

Speakers:
  • John Amuasi, Head of the Global Health Department of the School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

EDCTP Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize

Speakers:
  • Marcel Tanner, EDCTP High Representative and President of the Swiss Academy of Arts and Sciences, Switzerland