Conference Theme: Accelerating Global Health Supply Chain Excellence
Better Supply Chain System Design, Innovative Financing for Health and New Technologies & Integrated Information Systems
Conference Purpose:
The 11th Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) will be held over three days, November 28-30, 2018 in Lusaka, Zambia. The summit will focus on accelerating global health supply chain excellence through better supply chain system design, innovative financing for health supply / demand / performance, and deployment of new technologies (e.g., drones, sensors, digital health, etc.) & integrated information systems. Participants will hear about case studies, strategies, and frameworks from practitioners and academics in the above themes of this year’s summit. As in the previous conferences, the summit will assemble an impressive group of practitioners and experts from the global health supply chain field including academics, country planners, NGOs, logistics practitioners, pharmaceutical industry, and donor representatives. We encourage both English and French speaking presenters and participants. We will provide French-English and English-French simultaneous translation during the conference.
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BELOW IS AN AGENDA AT A GLANCE;
Day 1 (November 28) |
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| 7:45 – 8:15 am | Registration | |||
| 8:15 – 8:20 am | Welcome to GHSCS 2018 | |||
| 8:20 – 8:40 am | Welcoming Speech: MoH Zambia | |||
| 8:40 – 9:10 am | Plenary Speaker 1 (Dr. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Republic of Zambia) | |||
| 9:10 – 9:40 am | Plenary Speaker 2 (Felix Olale, Leapfrog Investments, “Transforming access to healthcare across Asia and Africa”) | |||
| 9:45 -10:15 am | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Plenary Speaker 3 (Gavin Steel, Chief Director; Human Resources for Health at National Department of Health South Africa) | |||
| 10:45 – 11:55 pm | Panel Session 1 (Supply Chain Management & Anti-Microbial Resistance) | |||
| 12:00 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 – 2:45 pm
(75 minute track) |
Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | Track 4 |
| 2:45 – 3:05 pm | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:10 – 4:25pm
(75 min track) |
Track 5 | Track 6 | Track 7 | Track 8 |
| 4:30 – 5:45 pm
(75 min track) |
Track 9 | Track 10 | Track 11 | Track 12 |
| 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Cocktail | |||
Day 2 (November 29) |
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| 8:15 – 9:30 am (75 minute track) | Track 13 | Track 14 | Track 15 | Track 16 |
| 9:30 – 10:30 am | Panel Session 2.1 | Panel Session 2.2
Sustainability through ownership transitioning to the government |
Panel Session 2.3 | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 – 12:15 pm
(75 min track) |
Track 17 | Track 18 | Track 19 | Track 20 |
| 12:15 – 1:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 – 2:45 pm | Panel Session 3
Information System Design and Implementation: Successes & Challenges |
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| 2:45 – 3:15 pm | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:15 – 4:30 pm | Panel Session 4
The role and importance of Pharmaceutical companies is designing and managing in-country supply chains |
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| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | GHSCS Prize Announcements | |||
| 5:00 – 5:30pm | Closing remarks | |||
Day 3 (November 30) |
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| 8:30 – 10:00 am | Tutorial 1 | Tutorial 2 | ||
| 10:30 – 12:00 pm | Tutorial 1 (Repeat) | Tutorial 2 (Repeat) | ||
| 12:00-1:30pm | Lunch | |||
