PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Day 1 – Tuesday 6 August 2024

Time Session/Activity Venue
7.00 – 8.30 Registration Lobby, 6th Floor
8.30 – 10.00 Plenary 1: Opening ceremony Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
10.00 -10.30 Tea break Lobby, 16th Floor
10.30 – 12.00 Plenary 2: Sub-theme 1:  Harnessing digital technology and innovation for health professional education towards the attainment of SDGs. Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
12.00 – 1.30 Breakout Session 1A:  Digital tools for Sustaining health services in Humanitarian Crisis – Lessons from PROJECT ECHO Meeting room 1, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 1B: Digital technology & Innovation facilitated post-basic professional medical education     Meeting room 2, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 1C: Technology and Innovation in care provision Meeting room 3, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 1D: Workshop 1- STRIPE HIV expansion: Reviewing the quality improvement pilot and the new nursing leadership training initiative Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
Breakout Session 1E- Workshop 2: National Institute of Health – Listening Meeting room 4, 16th floor
1.30 – 2.30 Lunch 6th & 8th Floor
2.30 – 4.00 Plenary 3: (Panel Discussion) The New US Alternative Models for Licensure of International Medical Graduates and their Potential Impact on People’s Health and Wellness in Low-Resource Settings Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
4.00 – 5.30 Breakout Session 2A:  Mental health co-morbidity in various chronic illness Meeting room 4, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 2B: Patient-Centered Care Meeting room 3, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 2C: COVID-19 Vaccine hesitancy and barriers to Immunization. Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
Breakout Session 2D: Innovative approach to medical education Meeting room 2, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 2E: Impact of A 5-Year NIH-Fogarty International Center Support to AFREhealth Meeting room 1, 6th Floor
5.30 – 6.00 Poster session  
6.00 – 7.00 Networking Lobby, 6th Floor


Wednesday 7 August 2024

Time Session/Activity Venue
7.00 – 8.30 Special Group Meeting 6th Floor
8.30 – 10.00 Plenary 3: Annual General Meeting Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
10.00 -10.30 Tea break Lobby, 16th Floor
10.30 – 12.00 Plenary 4: Sub-theme 3: Efforts to Bridge the Gaps: Achieving Universal Health Coverage  Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
12.00 – 1.30 Breakout Session 3A:  Pregnancy and Delivery Care Meeting room 4, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 3B: Inter-Professional Medical Education Meeting room 2, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 3C: Data-Driven Programming Meeting room 3, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 3D: Workshop 3: Leveraging digital learning: insights from TEACH AMS ECHO programs in Africa Meeting room 1, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 3E: Workshop 4- Synergy in Action: Uniting academia and policymakers for transformative public health research under the Saving Lives and livelihoods initiative Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
1.30 – 2.30 Lunch 6th & 8th Floor
2.30 – 4.00 PLENARY 6: WHO Consultation on Integrated Emergency, Critical and Operative Care (ECO), 2024 Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
4.00 – 5.30 Breakout Session 4A:  Nursing Education Meeting room 2, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 4B: Medical Education Meeting room 3, 6th Floor
Breakout 4C: Non-Communicable Diseases and Rare Diseases Meeting room 1, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 4D: Workshop 5:  Scoping Opportunities for Health Professions Education (SCOHPE) Across Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa (ESWA) Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
Breakout Session 4E: HEPI PI Meeting (closed meeting) Meeting room 4, 6th Floor
5.30 – 6.00 Poster session  
6.00 – 7.00 Networking Lobby, 6th Floor


Thursday 8 August 2024

Time Session/Activity Venue
7.00 – 8.30 Special Group Meeting 6th Floor
8.30 – 10.00 Plenary 7: Sub-theme 2: Research towards the attainment of SDGs Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
10.00 -10.30 Tea break Lobby, 16th Floor
10.30 – 12.00         Breakout Session 5A:  Neglected Population – Men’s health Meeting room 1, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 5B: Capacity Building for Research Towards Attainments of SDGs Meeting room 2, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 5C: Technology Innovation in Diagnosis of Diseases Meeting room 4, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 5D: Panel Discussion: Medical Specialist Training – University Versus Collegiate Training Challenges and Opportunities Meeting room 3, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 5E: Workshop 6- Synergy in Action: Uniting academia and policymakers for transformative public health research under the Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch 6th & 8th Floor
1.00 – 2.30 Plenary 8: Subtheme 4: Leadership and advocacy towards sustaining the momentum of SDGs Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
2.30 – 4.00 Breakout Session 6A:  Sustaining essential health services during pandemic response Meeting room 2, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 6B: Inclusion and Equity in Research & Policy Meeting room 1, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 6C: Invited Talks: Current Topical areas in the HIV Response Non-Communicable Diseases and Rare Diseases Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor
Breakout Session 6D: Poster Discussion Meeting room 3, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 6E: Poster Discussion Meeting room 4, 6th Floor
Breakout Session 6F: Poster Discussion Lobby, 16th Floor
4.00 – 5.30 Plenary 9: Closing Ceremony Regency Ballroom, 16th Floor