
40
SPEAKERS
500
DELEGATES
20
HOURS OF
LIVE/RECORDED
MATERIAL
THE conference
COVID-19 is not the only crisis we have faced in this last year, a myriad of challenges have tested our Partnerships, communities and health systems. From war to climate change and from inequity to funding cuts we have stood together in the midst of this global shift.
New voices are mobilizing alongside established players, driven by considerations of technology, geography, race, inequality, and the value afforded the expertise of different cadres of health workers.
This inspires us to think afresh about who are the experts, and how we can strengthen partnerships in a highly contested world. As Moazzam Malik, former DG of FCDO has said, the answer to a more contested world, is not endless contestation, but endless collaboration.
This year’s THET Conference will be the most diverse to-date, providing a platform to celebrate those involved in Health Partnerships, and to welcome new partners. With an emphasis on people’s experiences of practical engagement at this time, the conference will inspire all involved to forge new relationships, individually and organizationally.
Reframing Health Partnerships: Diverse Voices In A New Era will celebrate the bridges that are being built for the curious and the inquisitive, allowing participants from across the world to meet.
the AGENDA
Thursday, 13 October 2022
9.00 - 9.05
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Tedros A. Ghebreyesus | Director General, WHO
9.05 - 9.10
Opening Remarks
Ben Simms | CEO, THET
9.10 - 9.25
Keynote Address
Dr. Richard Horton | Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet
9.25 - 9.40
Keynote Address
Honorable Sylvia Masebo, MP, Minister of Health | Zambia
9.40 - 9.55
Keynote Address
Gaunima Manandhar | Registered nurse in Nepal
9.55 - 10.15
Q&A
10.15 - 10.30
Coffee Break
BREAKOUT SESSION | THE PLANET
Health and Climate Change: what can the global health community do?
10.30 - 11.15
Chair:
Prof. Mala Rao OBE | Senior Clinical Fellow, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London
Speakers:
Rachel McLean | Green Ward Programme Manager, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Mohon Kumar Mondal | Executive Director, LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society)
Dr John Jamir Benzon Aruta | Senior Lecturer, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Aliyu Nuhu Ahmed | PhD Student, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, MRC Unit The Gambia
10.30 - 11.15
WELLCOME - THET NETWORKING SESSION
What makes for effective ethical partnerships?
Chair:
Dr Thinn Thinn Hlaing
Speakers:
Richard Skone-James | Head of Programmes, THET
Dr Goran Zangana | Medical Doctor, NHS Lothian
Anna Lee | Strategic Partnerships Lead, Government Relations and Strategic Partnerships, Wellcome
Professor Asante Awuku | Head, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana
BREAKOUT SESSION | THE SYSTEM
SCALE: A new Model for Health Partnership Projects
Chair:
Prof. Andrew Leather | Professor of Global Health and Surgery at King’s College London
10.30 - 11.15
Speakers:
Dr. John Paul Bagala | Team Lead, Uganda UK Health Alliance
Dr Tom Bashford | Clinical Research Fellow, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma
Dr Rowan Burnstein | Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cambridge
Andrew Fryer | International Manager, Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Kathy Burgoine | Founder, Born on the Edge
Dr Prisca Kizito | Senior lecturer and Consultant Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
IN CONVERSATION WITH
11.15 - 11.30
Speakers:
Adebayo Alade | Radiology doctor in training, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Paul Matthews | Advance Practice Radiographer, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
11.30 - 12.00
Coffee Break
DEEP DIVE ROUNDTABLE | THE WORKFORCE
Wellbeing: Stigmatisation of Healthcare Workers
Chair:
Dr. Sheba Gitta | Country Director Uganda, THET
12.00 - 13.00
Speakers:
Dr Musa Sekikubo | Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Makarere University
Dr Sikiratu Kailani-Ahmadu | Public Health Practitioner & Champion at Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Making Abortion Safe programme
Asiya Odugleh-Kolev | Technical Officer, Community and Social Interventions, WHO (Geneva), Quality of Care Team.
Francis Fernando | Associate Director of Nursing and Quality, North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Sulaiman Lakoh | Infectious Diseases Lead, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone
13.15 - 13.35
Partnerships at Wellcome
Megan Challis | Head of Strategic Partnerships, Wellcome Trust
13.35 - 13.50
Closing Keynote
13.50 - 14.00
Concluding Remarks
Roda Ali Ahmed | Lecturer, University of Hargeisa | THET Trustee
Friday, 14 October 2022
9.00 - 9.05
Welcoming Remarks
Justin Ash | Chair of Trustees, THET
9.05 - 9.20
Keynote Address
Tikhala Itaye | Director, Global Movement Building Women in Global Health, Malawi
9.20 - 9.35
Keynote Address
Sue Tranka | Chief Nursing Officer for Wales
9.35 - 9.50
Keynote Address
Vanessa Carter | Patient Advocate for Antimicrobial Resistance
9.50 - 10.15
Q&A
10.15 - 10.30
Coffee Break
BREAKOUT SESSION | THE SYSTEM
Multisectoral Working: Bringing the Global Health Community Together
10.30 - 11.15
Chair:
Prof. David Phillips | Professor of Endocrine and Metabolic Programming at the University of Southampton
Speakers:
Dr Barnabas Kwame Yeboah | Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Ghana Ministry of Health
Dr Rosie Mayston | Deputy Director, King's Global Health Institute
Victoria Hollertz | Head of Global Programmes at UKHSA
BREAKOUT SESSION | THE PLANET
Digital Transformation in Global Health
Chair:
Ciaran Barbour | Digital Engagement Officer, THET
10.30 - 11.15
Speakers:
Emily McMullen | Senior Programme Manager, HEE
Madhukar Bose | Deputy Head of Healthcare: Digital Health, Department for International Trade
Isabela Borges | Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Clara Rodrigues Alves de Oliveira | Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
BREAKOUT SESSION: THE WORKFORCE
Showcasing Diaspora Health Workers’ Global Health Activity
Chair:
Prof. Kelechi Nnoaham | Chair of Wales and Africa Health Links Network
10.30 - 11.15
Speakers:
Moses Mulimara | Project Manager at NHS Health Education England
Janerose Buyiekha | Lead | Betsi-Kenya Health Link, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Bernard Okeah | Member | Betsi-Kenya Health Link
Lucy Obolensky | Associate Professor Global and Remote Healthcare University of Plymouth
IN CONVERSATION WITH
Health Partnerships for Myanmar
11.15 - 11:30
Speakers:
San San Oo
Marcus Wootton | Programme Manager, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
11:30 - 12.00
Coffee Break
12.00 - 12:10
HEAL Campaign
Prof. Marion Lynch | Global Health Consultant and nominated Gates Foundation Goalkeeper 2022 HEAL Campaign
DEEP DIVE ROUNDTABLE
Headlines from #THETconf 2022
12:10 - 13.00
Chair:
Ben Simms | CEO, THET
Panellists:
Dr. Shams Syed | Unit Head Quality of Care, WHO headquarters
Evelyn Brealey | Director of Cambridge Global Health Partnerships
Hamdi Issa | Ministry of Health and Development | Somaliland
Muleba Matafwali | Country Director Zambia, THET
IN CONVERSATION WITH
13.00 - 13.15
Speakers:
Professor Sir Eldryd Parry, KCMG OBE | Founder of THET
Susana Edjang | Advisor Policy and Partnerships (South South and Triangular Cooperation) at World Food Programme
13.15 - 13:30
Closing Remarks
The Lord Crisp KCB | Co-Chair of the APPG Global Health and Independent Crossbench Member
Facing the future
The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | Crossbench member of the House of Lords.
13.30 - 13:50
13.50 - 14.00
Close
Justin Ash | Chair of Trustees, THET

THET's 2022 Annual Conference
Reframing health partnerships: Diverse voices in a new era
13 & 14 October 2022 | 9.00 - 14.00 (BST)
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