Conference Program - 2024

Speke Resort Hotel, Munyonyo

16th - 18th October 2024

Day 1: Wednesday 16th October 2024

Time	Activity	Facilitator / Speaker
9:00 - 9:15 am	Arrival, Registration & Breakfast	Secretariat & Hotel
9:15 - 9:30 am	Networking, Acquaintance & Taking up of seats	Event Host
9:30 - 9:45 am	Arrival of Guest of Honor, Official Opening of the Health Promotion exhibition space (Showcase Health Promotion Approaches, Materials, and Tools)	Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda
9:45 - 9:55 am	Welcome Remarks	Dr. Henry G. Mwebesa, Director General Health Services, Ministry of Health
9:55 - 10:10 am	Documentary on community health workers’ landscape in Uganda	Dr. Richard Kabanda, Conference Convener & Director General Health Services
10:10 - 11:20 am	Keynote Address & Opening Ceremony Speakers: - Chair, Health Development Partners - WHO Country Representative - Regional Director, UNICEF ESARO - Dr. Diana Atwine - Permanent Secretary Keynote Address: - Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General Africa CDC Opening Speech: - Hon. Margaret Muhanga, Minister for State for Health (Primary Health Care)	Benjamin Sensasi, WHO Advisor
11:20 - 11:40 am	Official Photographs & Networking	-
11:40 am - 1:00 pm	High-Level Panel Discussion: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	Panelists: - Hon. Margaret Muhanga, Minister of State for PHC - Jennifer Barak, Regional Health Specialist, UNICEF ESARO - Dr. Joseph Ruyonga, Chair, Parliamentary Health Committee - Dr. James Guwani, Coordinator CHW Division, Africa CDC - Christine Namayanja, Country Director, Living Goods - Dr. Assay Ndizihiwe, CDC Uganda
1:00 - 2:00 pm	Lunch	Hotel
2:00 - 4:00 pm	Plenary: Advancing Health Promotion and Disease Prevention through Community Health Workers (CHWs)	Dr. Alfred Driwale, Moderator
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Breakout Technical Sessions	Various Speakers
5:00 pm	Evening Tea & Networking	Hotel

Day 2: Thursday 17th October 2024

Time	Activity	Facilitator / Speaker
8:00 - 8:45 am	Arrival & Registration	Secretariat
9:00 - 9:15 am	Recap of Day 1	Moses Okoch Wafula & Abirahmi Kananathan, Ministry of Health
9:20 - 9:50 am	Building Partnerships for Advocacy for CHWs	Jessica Healey, Director, Health & HIV, USAID
10:30 - 11:00 am	Tea Break	Hotel
11:00 am - 1:00 pm	Parallel Sessions: 1. The Power of Social and Behavior Change in Disease Prevention 2. Experiences Sharing by Community Health Workers 3. Review of District Plans for Scale-Up of CHWs	Various Facilitators
1:00 - 2:00 pm	Lunch	Hotel
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Main Plenary: Linkages of CHWs with Other Sectors for Improved Service Delivery	Benjamin Sensasi, WHO
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Breakout Sessions	Various Speakers

Day 3: Friday 18th October 2024

Time	Activity	Facilitator / Speaker
8:00 - 8:45 am	Arrival & Registration	Secretariat
9:00 - 9:15 am	Recap of Key Issues from Day 2	Dr. Immaculate Ddumba & Edward Muganga
9:50 - 10:15 am	Presentation: District-Led Preparedness for Prevention & Control of Epidemics	Dr. Allan Muruta, Commissioner Surveillance & Public Health Emergencies
10:30 - 11:00 am	Tea Break	Hotel
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Breakout Sessions: 1. Importance of continuous orientation of mobilizers and Health Workers in covering knowledge gaps around TB programming through the iDARE Approach at Walukuba HC IV (Niwamanya Jordan Alex). 2. A multi-faceted approach to Improving GBV Survivor Identification and enabling HIV services provision at public health facilities in Ankole Region, Uganda (Patience Sentamu). 3. Enhancing Tuberculosis Detection in Men: A Digitalized Gender Tailored Community Approach (Senyonjo Joseph). 4. Empowering Rural Communities Through Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Sustainable Approach to Preventive Healthcare (Wefwafwa Andrew).
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Closing Ceremony	- Dr. Richard Kabanda - Conference Convener - Dr. Henry G. Mwebesa, Director General Health Services - Representative of Health Development Partners (UNICEF, USAID, WHO, Africa CDC) - Permanent Secretary - Minister for Health
1:00 - 2:00 pm	Lunch	Hotel

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