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Meeting agenda

Day 1 - November 18, 2025

Day 2 - November 19, 2025

Day 3 - November 20, 2025

Day 1 - November 18, 2025

Day 2 - November 19, 2025

Day 3 - November 20, 2025

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Meeting agenda

08:00 – 09:00

Arrival and registration

IGAD/ ECSA-HC

Zambia

09:00 – 09:10

Welcoming remarks

IGAD Executive Secretary

Zambia

09:10 – 09:20

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ECSA-HC Director General

Zambia

09:20 – 09:30

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World Bank Country Manager, Zambia

Zambia

09:30 – 09:45

Framing remarks on MPA program

Acting Practice Manager AFE Health Nutrition and Population & TTL, HEPRR Program, World Bank

-

09:45 – 10:00

Official Opening Remarks

H.E Minister of Health, Zambia,

-

10:00 – 10:30

Objectives of the RAC, and actions agreed during the last RAC

IGAD / ECSA

Zambia

10:30 – 11:00

Group photo and networking

-

-

11:00 – 12:00

Country implementation highlights

Ethiopia

Zambia

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Sohel Saikat, WHO HQ AFCDC (TBC) NPHIs (Ethiopia or Rwanda or Zambia) NPHI (West Africa) Director of Public Health. MOH (Kenya TBC) Africa CDC (NPHI focal person) IANPHI

WHO AFRO

15:30 – 17:00

Panel discussion: Cross-border coordination and collaboration in health emergency preparedness and response: Experiences and lessons from Mpox outbreak response –

DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Africa CDC and WHO

IGAD/ECSA

17:00-17:30

Networking time

08:30 - 09:00

Arrival

IGAD/ ECSA HC

09:00 - 10:30

Progress on Accelerating health manufacturing in Africa Panel discussion: Strengthening the capacity of local manufacturing of vaccines and pharmaceuticals (Policy maker, regulators and manufacturers)

Panelists: Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda, one local manufacturer, IFC, Afrexim, WIPO, and AFDB (TBC)

IGAD

10:30 - 11:00

Networking

11:00-12:00

Digital best buys to enhance preparedness and response in health emergencies

World Bank/ECSA

Zambia

12:00 - 14:00

Networking and lunch

One hour closed session for Permanent Secretaries of MPA countries with WB, IGAD and ECSA

14:00 – 15:15

Learning Agenda: A key deliverable under the MPA Reflections and endorsement of the RAC

World Bank / ECSA / IGAD

World Bank

15:15 – 15:45

Summary recommendations of the RAC and next steps Evaluation of the RAC (15-minute individual survey)

15:45 – 16:00

Closing remarks

IGAD/ECSA/WB/Zambia

Field trip to selected Zambia Health Institutions

MOH, Zambia

08:30 - 09:00

Arrival

IGAD / ECSA HC

09:00 - 12:00

Two sites will be visited: NPHI TBD

Sohel Saikat, WHO HQ

AFCDC (TBC)

NPHIs (Ethiopia or Rwanda or Zambia)

NPHI (West Africa)

Director of Public Health. MOH (Kenya TBC) Africa CDC (NPHI focal person)

IANPHI

Panel discussion:

Cross-border coordination and collaboration in health emergency preparedness and response: Experiences and lessons from Mpox outbreak response –

Progress on Accelerating health manufacturing in Africa Panel discussion:

Strengthening the capacity of local manufacturing of vaccines and pharmaceuticals (Policy maker, regulators and manufacturers)

Panelists:

Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda, one local manufacturer, IFC, Afrexim, WIPO, and AFDB (TBC)

Learning Agenda:

A key deliverable under the MPA Reflections and endorsement of the RAC

Summary recommendations of the RAC and next steps

Evaluation of the RAC (15-minute individual survey)

Two sites will be visited:

NPHI

TBD