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26 - 27 August 2021
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Mbabane
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5 Speakers
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5th National Health Research Conference 2021
26 - 27 August 2021
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Mbabane
/
8 Speakers
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Who we are

The National Health Research and Innovation Department (NHRID) is a unit  under the Ministry of Health.

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What we do

Our mandate is to strengthen the national health research system, support skills and knowledge transfer, and to motivate the health sector to value and use research as a critical element in providing information and guidance for policy formulation, planning, resource allocation and intervention

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Why this conference?

  1. To bring together experts, policy leaders, health programmers, economists and service providers to interrogate existing evidence on COVID-19, including national/individual response experiences
  2. To disseminate the most recent epidemiological evidence on COVID-19 research, COVID-19 vaccines, and best practices aimed at addressing, the disease burden on health, individuals, society and economy
  3. To enhance scientific and strategic collaborations for resource mobilization towards sustainable health financing
  4. To promote effective action through leadership and shared responsibility across all sectors (government, private, civil society) to promote investment in health.
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Speakers

  • Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA

    Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr is the founder and director of ICAP and an international expert in epidemiology and research on the prevention and management of HIV, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases. She is also the director of Columbia World Projects

  • Gugu Maphalala

    Chief Medical Laboratory Technologist,Eswatini National Blood Transfusion Services/ Ministry of Health. She holds a master’s degree in Medical Virology

  • Jessica Justman, MD

    Senior technical director, ICAP. Associate Professor of Medicine in Epidemiology

  • Bongiwe Prudence Malinga, MD, MPH

    Senior Medical Officer for Public Health in the Ministry of Health, Eswatini. She earned a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery in the University of Zimbabwe, 2006

  • Emmanuel Nkosinathi Ndlangamandla

    Executive Director for the Coordinating Assembly of NGOs (CANGO). A professional nurse who has a Masters Business Administration Degree. Current Chair of the Health Cluster of the COVID 19 Response

  • Professor Shabir A. Madhi, M.B.B.C.H. (Wits), FCPaeds(SA), Ph.D.

    Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Dr. Velephi Okello

    Deputy Director of Health Services, Ministry of Health , Eswatini. A Medical Doctor and holds a Master of Public Health Degree from Harvard Chan University USA

  • Dr Simanga Alex Tsela

    Nuclear Scientist; a Pretoria based businessman, leadership coach, inspirational speaker; a leader of a global kingdom organisation, and an Author

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