The UK - Africa
Health Summit
Collaborative Approaches to Health Workforce Sustainability and Antimicrobial Stewardship
18 & 19
March 2024
Royal College of General Practitioners, London
The Speakers
FEATURED GLOBAL HEALTH EXPERTS
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Professor Dame Sally Davies
UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance
Professor Dame Sally Davies GCB DBE FRS FMedSci is the UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
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Dame Sally advocates globally on AMR. She is a leading figure in global health, having served as a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board 2014-2016, and as co-convener of the United Nations Inter-Agency Co-ordination Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which reported to the United Nations Secretary General in 2019.
The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
Minister of State (Development and Africa)
Andrew Mitchell was appointed as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on 25 October 2022.
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He was previously Secretary of State for International Development from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield on 7 June 2001
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Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE
Chair of RCGP Council
Kamila has been a GP for 34 years, with 27 of them spent working in South Wales. She qualified from Somerville College, Oxford, in 1984, and completed her GP training in Nottingham in 1988. Kamila was Head of the Graduate Entry Medicine Programme at Swansea University and is on the Trustee Boards of the Kings Fund, and Cardiff Women’s Aid. She is also a Bevan Commissioner and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Dr Titilola Banjoko
THET's Trustee & NHS Executive Director
Titilola Banjoko is a healthcare professional by background working as an Executive Director in the National Health Service. She has over 23 years professional experience working with key strategic stakeholders engaged in Africa’s development. She has taken up numerous advocacy and advisory roles on the issue of capacity building in Africa and she is an actively engaged member of the African Diaspora.
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Agenda
Day 1
*Click on each session to view speakers and session info.
08:45
Registration and networking
09:30
10:30
11:00
Breakout sessions:
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- Drivers of HWF mobility and opportunities for health systems strengthening (Euston Room, 5th floor)
- Mobilising the voices of diaspora health workforce professionals
- Action for Global Health: Partnering with the UK INGO sector (Auditorium)
12:00
Lunch
13:20
14:30
Breakout sessions:
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- International recruitment: mitigating challenges and optimising opportunities for global health systems (Euston Room, 5th floor)
- Mobilising the voices of diaspora health workforce professionals for global health advocacy (Stephenson Room, 5th floor)
- Partnering with the private sector (Uganda Health Diaspora Foundation / Lord Popat / Healthcare UK) (Auditorium)
15:30
Break
15:45
16:55
Agenda
Day 2
08:45
Registration and networking
09:30
11:00
Breakout sessions:
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- The critical challenge of antimicrobial stewardship (Auditorium)
- Sharing and Learning: Building sustainable health partnerships (Euston Room, 5th floor)
- Spotlight on the role of UK Health Alliances (Stephenson Room, 5th floor)
12:00
Lunch
13:30
Afternoon Plenary
Antimicrobial Resistance - Looking towards 2024 UNGA High Level Meeting
14:20
Break
14:50
Breakout sessions:
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- Sharing and Learning: Volunteering in Global Health Reflections from the NHS (Stephenson Room, 5th floor)
- Sharing and Learning: Building equitable health partnerships (Euston Room, 5th floor)
- Spotlight on NHS England: global engagement opportunities (Auditorium)
16:00
The Venue
Royal College of General Practitioners,
30 Euston Square, London, NW1 2FB
