Agenda
12:30 - 12:35 pm
Intro session
Judit Rius Sanjuan, Director Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health Technologies, PAHO
12:35 - 12:50 pm
Opening remarks
Jarbas Barbosa, Director PAHO
12:50 - 12:57 pm
Accelerating Disease Elimination in the Americas
Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, Assistant Director, PAHO
12:57 - 01:40 pm
Panel on innovations and practical strategies for eliminating communicable diseases in the Americas
- Introduction by moderator
- Mexico's Path to hepatitis C elimination: Bridging gaps and advancing solutions
- Transforming tuberculosis elimination in Peru: the role of portable X-ray and AI innovations
- Accelerating HIV elimination in Colombia: Expanding PrEP access and impact
- Advancing lymphatic filariasis elimination in Guyana: leveraging geostatistical methods for innovative surveillance
-Alison Krentel, University of Ottawa, Moderator
-Althese De La Torre Rosas, Ministry of Health, Mexico
-Eric Peña, Viceminister of Public Health of Peru
-Jaime Urrego, Viceminister of Public Health, Colombia
-Frank Anthony, Minister of Health of Guyana
01:40 - 01:57 pm
Partners and civil society’s insights and commitments: advancing the elimination initiative in the Americas
- Introduction by moderator
- Global Fund
- UNITAID
- USAID
- Canada
- Ki'che Mayan Indigenous Community, Guatemala
-Alison Krentel, University of Ottawa, Moderator
-Massimo Ghidinelli, Member of the Board Global Fund
-Robert Matiru, Director of Programs, UNITAID
-Emily Wainwright, Senior NTD Advisor for Strategy and Partner Engagement, USAID
-Stuart Savage, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada to OAS
-Dina Isabel Choc, Health promoter, Ki'che Mayan Indigenous Community, Guatemala
01:57 - 02:00 pm
Closing remarks
Sylvain Aldighieri, Director Communicable Diseases Prevention, Control, and Elimination, PAHO