Agenda

17 May 2021

14:00 - 14:15 CET
Opening session

Elif Shafak - Award-winning novelist, public speaker, academic and human rights activist;

Ilana Sod - Moderator - TV and Radio Journalist

14:15 - 15:15 CET
Leadership dialogue: “Looking back, looking ahead: COVID-19 one year on – what does equality mean now?”

Rt. Hon. Helen Clark - PMNCH Board Chair and former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Sufi Mujhgan Nazish - Health Activist/ Provincial Master Trainer- Pakistan

H.E. Mia Amor Mottley - Prime Minister, Barbados

Wendy Morton - Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK

Prof. Awa Marie Coll-Seck - State Minister to the Presidency, Senegal

Jennifer Klein - Executive Director and Co-Chair White House Gender Policy Council, USA

15:15 - 15:35 CET
Music by and a conversation with Neneh Cherry

Neneh Cherry - Singer-songwriter, rapper and producer

Rt. Hon. Helen Clark - PMNCH Board Chair and former Prime Minister of New Zealand

15:35 - 15:40 CET
Firestarters

Camila Fernández - Travesti-Trans Advocate; SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Argentina

David Imbago Jácome - Technical Programs Officer, CORE Group

Ranjana Kumar - Head of Health Systems Planning, Management, and Peformance, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance

Kaveri Mayra - Doctoral Candidate, University of Southampton and Research Midwife, India

15:40 - 16:30 CET
Importance of health care workers in the COVID response - Investing in midwives - (Ask 4 of the PMNCH COVID-19 Call to Action)

Kaveri Mayra - Doctoral Candidate, University of Southampton and Research Midwife, India

Jihan Salad - SHRH Specialist, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Jordan

Sandra Oyarzo Torres - Vice President, International Confederation of Midwives; Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile; Women in Global Health Board Member

Jo Moir - Deputy Director, Human Development Department, Global Health Directorate, FCDO

Let’s talk about sexual and reproductive health and rights, violence and gender equality (Asks 2 and 7)

Camila Fernández - Travesti-Trans Advocate; SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Argentina

Ann Biddlecom - Director of International Research, Guttmacher Institute

Elisabeth Sidabutar - Humanitarian Programme Analyst, UNFPA Indonesia

Lopa Banerjee - Director of the Civil Society Division, UN Women

Nazneen Damji - Senior Policy Advisor for Gender Equality, HIV and Health, UN Women

Equity enhancing strategies: what works to ensure that COVID-19 responses do not leave anyone behind (Asks 1, 3 and 5)

Petra Vergeer - GFF Lead for Knowledge & Learning and Result Based Financing

Stephani Yeo Goehan - Director of Advocacy, Association de Soutien à l'Autopromotion Sanitaire et Urbain (ASAPSU), Cote d’Ivoire

Ranjana Kumar - Head of Health Systems Planning, Management, and Peformance, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance

Mark Hanson - Director of Institute of Development Sciences, University of Southampton

Amir Hagos - Senior Advisor, Global Financing Facility ( GFF) and Former Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Investing in social and environmental determinants of health (Asks 5 and 6)

David Imbago Jácome - Technical Programs Officer, CORE Group

Purnima Menon - Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dr. Mary Eyram Ashinyo - Deputy Director, Institutional Care Division, Ghana Health Service

Helena Dollimore - Manager, Global Sustainability, Unilever

16:30 - 16:45 CET
Report back session

Camila Fernández - Travesti-Trans Advocate; SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Argentina

Kaveri Mayra - Doctoral Candidate, University of Southampton and Research Midwife, India

Ranjana Kumar - Head of Health Systems Planning, Management, and Peformance, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance

Purnima Menon - Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

16:45 - 17:45 CET
Marketplace - Session 1 - Innovations in Education

Bruno Bitali - Vitalk

Alicia Burnett - Midwife, Editor in Chief at the Student Midwife

Kay King - Executive Director at White Ribbon Alliance

Suresh Eriyat - Eeksaurus

Helen Coombe - Medical Aid Films

Catherine McCarthy - Medical Aid Films and PMNCH

Marketplace - Session 2 - Enhanced Service Delivery

Christine Keveke - Amref Health Africa Kenya - Hemafuse, a health solution for blood shortage in the wake of COVID-19

Maddie Kau - Ideas42

Dr. Arachu Castro - Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Marketplace - Session 3 - Expanded Opportunities and Leadership Development in the Workforce

Michael A. Asud - Country Coordinator and Secretary of International Affairs at the Organisation of Africa Youth (OAY) Kenya

Sharon Musakali - Programmes and project manager, Organization of African Youth (OAY) Kenya

Siamola Murundo - Programme assistant/volunteer at Organization of African Youth (OAY)

Rachel Ambalu - Innovative Partnership for Universal and Sustainable Healthcare Project Lead, Amref Health Africa

Meladul Haq Ahmadzai - CEO at Taleam Systems

18 May 2021

14:00 - 14:30 CET
A conversation between Julieta Martinez and Michelle Bachelet: COVID-19, human rights, and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health

Julieta Martinez - Co-founder of Latinas for Climate Movement

Michelle Bachelet - High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Chile

Titilope Sonuga - Poet

14:35 - 14:50 CET
Commitment launch: Countries respond to the COVID-19 Call to Action

Titilope Sonuga - Poet

14:50 - 15:50 CET
Building Partnerships Across Actors and Sectors for Better Health - Kenya

Mercy Onsando - Chief Executive Officer, Health NGOs Network (HENNET)

Mercy Mwangangi - Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Health, Kenya

Elizabeth Adongo - Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service

Sabina Chege - Member of Parliament, Kenya National Assembly

Medhin Tsehaiu - UNAIDS Country Director, Kenya

Pauline Anyona - Adolescents and Youth SRHR Advocate and Health Budget Advocate, Organization of Africa Youth (OAY) Kenya

Building Partnerships Across Actors and Sectors for Better Health - Liberia

Joyce Kilikpo - Executive Director at Public Health Initiative Liberia

Bentoe Tehoungue - Director of the Family Health Division, Ministry of Health, Liberia

Hon. Moima Briggs Mensah - Member of Parliament, Liberia

Rhodoxon S. Fayiah - Journalist, Liberia

Jutomue Doetein - Child and Youth Rights Advocate

Building Partnerships Across Actors and Sectors for Better Health - Nigeria

Aminu Magashi Garba - Coordinator & Founder, Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN)

Salma Anas Kolo - Head of Department and Director Family Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria

Hon. Muhammad Usman - Immediate Past Deputy of the Chair Healthcare Services Committee, Nigeria’s Federal House of Representative and Chair of the National Advocates for Health

Racheal Abujah - Health Correspondent with News Agency of Nigeria

Toyin Chukwudozie - Head of Programs, Education as Vaccine & PMNCH AYC

16:00 - 17:00 CET
Closing session

Racheal Abujah - Health Correspondent with News Agency of Nigeria

Sabina Chege - Member of Parliament, Kenya National Assembly

Jutomue Doetein - Child and Youth Rights Advocate

Anuradha Gupta - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Monique Vledder - Practice Manager, Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF)

Vandita Morarka - Founder and CEO of One Future Collective

Helga Fogstad - Executive Director, PMNCH

Lisa Hilmi - Executive Director, CORE Group