AFRICA WEBINAR · HEALTHCARE · 2024 · REPLAY AVAILABLE
Telemedicine and Wearable Medical Devices in Africa: Transforming Healthcare Accessibility in Africa
Healthcare authorities in addition to working on their healthcare model, their epidemiological transition, vaccination and awareness campaign, need to prepare themselves to emerging and remerging diseases
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Key takeaways
- Healthcare authorities in addition to working on their healthcare model, their epidemiological transition, vaccination and awareness campaign, need to prepare themselves to emerging and remerging diseases
- When seeing the different emergences of diseases, Africa is a cradle of emergence therefore the continent Africa should put a priority to microbiological defense
- As many initiatives have been put in place on an Africa level with the African union such as AUDP-NEPAD, AMA, Africa CDC, African authorities need to decide together to give the necessary impetus on an African level : communicating and putting in place an African vision to push forward research and vaccine production on the continent, encouraging for a African research centre and more integrated, coordinated, collaborative, transparent approach between all African scientist, on the continent & abroad
Countries represented
Benin
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Tunisia
Attending experts
Pr. Yahia Chebloune
Research Director,INRA
Dr. Nicaise Ndembi
Chief Science Advisor, Africa CDC
Audience
- Dr. John Oladejo, Director, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, Nigerian Center for Disease Control(Nigeria CDC)
- Dr. Hassan Moussa Hassan, Director of Pharmacy, Ministry of Health, Djibouti
- Dekai Jean-Luc Namou, Chargé de planification et de suivi évaluation à la Direction de la formation et de la recherche en santé, Ministere de la Sante, Côte d'Ivoire
- GUEZO MEVO Blaise, Director General of the National Agency for Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Benin
- DOSSOU Francis, Director General of Hospital Medicine and Diagnostic Explorations, Ministry of Health, Benin
- Pr. Myriam Khrouf, Director General of Pharmacy and Medicines, Ministry of Health, Tunisia
- Pr.Abderrazek Hedhili, Head of Toxicology Department CAMU Tunis, Ministry of Health, Tunisia
- Seka vincent ASSABROU, Direction de l'Economie, Ministère de l'Economie de la Côte d'Ivoire
- Hiwot Solomon, Director, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
- Shalom NDOULA, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Cameroon
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