Speakers

Please see below the list of speakers for the P2RF 2021 edition

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Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda

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Cina Lawson, Minister of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation, Togo

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Wilhelmina Jallah, Minister of Health, Liberia

 

Christopher Elias, President - Global Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Valerie Bemo, Deputy Director - Emergency Response, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Madji Sock, Partner & West Africa Director, Dalberg Advisors

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Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda

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Herbert Wigwe, CEO & Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, Nigeria

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Samba Sow, Director, Centre for Vaccine Development, Mali

 

Hema Herath, Deputy Director-General, Education, Training & Research, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Sisira Madurapperuma, Director of Preparedness and Resilient Recovery, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)

Raymonda Jonhson, Head of National Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture, Sierra Leone

 
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John Nkengasong, Director, Africa CDC

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Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director, Nigeria CDC

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Amadou Alpha Sall, Director, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal

 
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Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director, Sunway Centre of Planetary Health, Malaysia

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Abdou Salam Gueye, Regional Emergency Director, WHO Regional Office for Africa

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Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director, WHO Afro

 

Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction

Tulip Mazumdar, Global Health Correspondent, BBC News

Neil Vora, Pandemic Prevention Fellow, Conservation International, United States

 

Phil Dufty, Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors, Abu Dhabi

Sergio Cecchini, Infodemic Management Officer & Africa Infodemic Response Alliance Coordinator, WHO

Wanda Markotter, Director of Viral Zoonoses, University of Pretoria

 
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Paulin Basinga, Global Director, Program Advocacy & Communications, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Wessam Mankoula, Emergency Operations Centre Lead, Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC)

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Steve Kisakye, Director, Dalberg Implement, Tanzania

 
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Dr. Alioune Badara Ly, Director, COUS Senegal

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Dr. Issa Makumbi, Director, PHEOC Uganda

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Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh, DG, Department of Communicable Disease Control, Lao PDR

 
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Magda Robalo, High Commissioner for COVID-19, Guinea-Bissau

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Adulai Bary, CEO & Founder of Innovalab, Guinea-Bissau

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Cassie Morgan, Sustainability Coordinator, Cooper/Smith

 

Joseph Wu, Epidemiologist and Technical Advisor, Luke International Norway, Malawi

Maganizo Monawe, Senior Technical Advisor, Ministry of Health, Malawi

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Dr. Evelyn Chitsa-Banda, Deputy Team Lead, Public Health Institute of Malawi

 
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Juan Reategui Silva, Indigenous Nurse, Hivos, Peru

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Patricia Granja, Public Health Expert and Former Deputy Minister of Health, Ecuador

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Catalina Campo, Anthropology Specialist, Hivos, Ecuador

 

Nemo Andy, Health Leader, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, Ecuador

Lucas Albertoni, Intercultural Health Specialist, Hivos, Brazil

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Dr. Annie Chauma-Mwale, Head of Epidemiology and Surveillance, Public Health Institute of Malawi

 
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Lillian Kidane, Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors

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Olaolu Aderinola, Nigeria CDC

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Lily Chhatwal, Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors

 

Xavier Vollenweider, Director of Mobile Data Partnerships, Flowminder Foundation

Omar Seidu, Head of Demographic Statistics and SDGs Coordinator, Ghana Statistical Service

Veronica T. Gabaldon, Executive Director, Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation

 
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Moh Moh Lwin, National Director, Sun Community Health, Myanmar

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Hoa Nguyen, Executive Director, Population Services International, Viet Nam

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Modou Fall, Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors, Senegal

 
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Shawn Bolton, ICT Lead for the National Vaccination Program, Jamaica

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Isabel Menetiane, National EPI Manager, Mozambique

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Juan Carlos Bidegain, Minister of Governance and Territorial Development, El Salvador

 
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Jenna Slotin, Senior Director of Policy at the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, USA

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Scott Dowell, Deputy Director, Vaccine Development & Surveillance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Sylvia Warren, Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors, Mexico

 

Rabiu Alhassan, Editorial Director, GhanaFact

Ann Mumbi Ngengere, Social Content Editor, Viral Fact Africa

Alexei Ceban, Immunization Programme Officer, WHO, Republic of Moldova

 

Alain Etoundi, Director, PHEOC, Cameroon

Tendayi Gudo, Apostolic Women's Empowerment Trust, Zimbabwe

Franklin Moliba-Sese, Communication for Development Specialist, UNICEF, Central African Republic

 

Astou Dia, Founder of A to A Partners and Co-Founder of Abidjan Impact Hub

John-Arne Røttingen, Ambassador of Global Health, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nahashon Aluoka, Regional Advisor, East & Southern Africa, Pandemic Action Network (Moderator)

 

Marie-Ange Saraka-Yao, Managing Director, Resource Mobilization, Private Sector Partnerships & Innovative Finance, GAVI

Amanda McClelland, Senior Vice President, Prevent Epidemics, Resolve to Save Lives (Moderator)

Tom Frieden, President & CEO of Resolve to Save Lives

 

Mohammed Lamorde, Head of the Global Health Security Programme, Infectious Disease Institute, Uganda

Rahel Yemanaberhan, Regional Technical Advisor for East Africa, Resolve to Save Lives, Ethiopia

Dianne Stewart, Head of Donor Relations, The Global Fund