Advancing Global Health Security: From Commitments to Actions

8.00 – 9.00

Registration and welcome coffee

9.00 – 9.30

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

•   Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Region
•   Dr Bruce R. Aylward, Executive Director a.i., Outbreaks and Health Emergencies and Director-General’s Special Representative for the Ebola Response (by video message)
•   Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of WHO for Africa
•   Pr. Nila. F. Moeloek, Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia

9.30 – 10.30

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION AND SCENE SETTING
SESSION 1.1 From Cape Town to Bali: What has been achieved?

Purpose: This session is a high-level discussion at which country representatives and stakeholders will present successes and challenges in advancing key elements of health security, and how this fits within the overall drive to achieve the SDGs.

Chair: Ms Malebona Precious Matsoso, Director-General of Health, South Africa

Panel Discussion:

•   H.E. Ms Edith Schippers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherands (by video message)
•   H.E. Nila. F. Moeloek, Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia
•   H.E. Mr Ram Jnam Chaudhari, Minister of Health, Nepal
•   H.E. Aishath Rameela, Minister of State for Health, Maldives
•   Dr Ana Isabel F.S. Soares, Vice Minister of Health, Timor Leste
•   Mrs Paivi Sillanaukee, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health, Finland
•   Mr Go Tanaka, Counsellor at Office of Measures on Emerging Infectious

  Diseases, Office for pandemic influenza preparedness and response, Cabinet

  Secretariat, Government of Japan

  Administrative Announcements

10.30 – 10.45

Group photograph

10.45 – 12.00

Press conference for high-level dignitaries

10.45 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30

SESSION 1.2 Looking to the future: Operationalising Preparedness for health

emergencies

Purpose: This session will take stock of work done by WHO and partners in the area of country health emergency preparedness. It will highlight the spectrum of essential functions needed in the management of emergencies from the outbreak, humanitarian and health system perspectives.

Chair: Dr Victor BAMPOE, Vice Minister of Health, Ghana. Video on Global Health Security (5 minutes)

Presentation by WHO (20 minutes)

Dr Guenael Rodier, Director Global Capacities, Alert and Response on behalf of Dr Edward Kelley, Director, Service Delivery and Safety, Dr Richard Brennan, Director, Emergency Risk Management, and Dr Sylvie Briand, Director, Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases.

•   Review the approach to health security with an emphasis on priority capacities for the International Health Regulations, recent recommendations of the IHR Review Committee, and programs to ensure operational preparedness to prevent, prepare, respond, and recover from emergencies.
•   Highlight the importance of health system resilience and of building health security through an integrated health systems strengthening approach.
•   Address how epidemic-prone disease specificities can be integrated into generic preparedness programs.
•   Address health emergency preparedness in the context of emergency and disaster risk management for health and actions implemented through the Sendai Framework.

  Panel discussion:

•   Dr Ibrahima-Soce Fall, WHO Regional Office for Africa
•   Dr Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
•   Mr Balla Jatta, Ministry of Health, The Gambia
•   Mr Richard Gregory, Department for International Development, United

  Kingdom

•   Dr Salim Abdel Rahman Mohamednour, Ministry of Health, Sudan
•   Dr Radjesh Johan Ramadhin, Ministry of Health, Suriname

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

14.00-15.00

PART 2 – FROM ASSESSMENT TO NATIONAL PLANNING

Chair: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for South- East Asia

Presentation by WHO: Dr Stella Chungong, World Health Organization
Purpose: WHO will present the Preparedness Framework and will set out guidance for the appropriate investment in preparedness actions.

Session 2.1: Joint External Evaluation of Country Capacities

Purpose: The session will present the use of the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool, practical experiences from countries, and best practices for how the results of the JEE tool can help drive national priorities.

Panel discussion:

•   Dr Hamid Jafari, Centres for Disease Control, United States of America
•   Dr Safi Malik, Ministry of Health, Pakistan
•   Dr Janneth Mghamba, Ministry of Health, United Republic of Tanzania
•   Dr M. Salim Uzzaman, Ministry of Health, Bangladesh
•   Dr Issa Makumbi, Ministry of Health, Uganda

15.00-15.30

Coffee break

15.30-16.30

Session 2.2: Joint Planning and Information Sharing

Purpose: This session aims at encouraging all technical and financial partners, together with WHO, to participate in joint planning through mechanisms such as the International Health Partnership (IHP+), intersectoral coordination etc.

Chair: Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Africa Panel discussion:

•   Dr Daddi Jima Wayessa, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Ethiopia
•   Dr Hedayatullah Stanakzai, Ministry of Health, Afghanistan
•   Dr Jordan Tappero, Centres for Disease Control, United States of America
•   Dr Annegret Al-Janabi, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation

  and Development, Federal Republic of Germany

16.30-17.15

Session 2.3: Engaging technical partners in national preparedness

This session will review the potential technical/operational inputs of technical partners, including NGOs and UN agencies, in national preparedness as well as the contribution of humanitarian and other actors at regional and country levels.

Chair: Dr Joy St John, Director of Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control, Caribbean Public Health Agency.

Panel discussion:

•   Dr. Teresa Zakaria, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
•   Dr Lorie Burnett, TEPHINET
•   Dr Monica Rull, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
•   Dr Massimo Ciotti, European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control

  (ECDC)

•   Dr Christopher Bayer, Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Republic of Germany

17.15 – 17.45

Summary of discussions & Recommendations

Dr Roderico Ofrin, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

EndofDay1

09.00 – 10.00

PART 3: IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS PLANS

Session 3.1: Fostering intersectoral collaboration for greater impact Chair: Dr Sinata Koulla Shiro, Secretary-General for Health, Cameroon

Purpose: The session aims to share lessons learnt and address how we can improve collaboration and better align support provided to countries.

Session 3.1.1: One Health: Emerging epidemic and pandemic threats

This session will address the relationships between ministries of health and those ministries in charge of animal health and the environment, and will propose ways to improve cooperation between services.

Panel discussion:

•   Dr Nguyen Thu Thuy, Department of Animal Health, Vietnam
•   Dr Sigit Priohutomo, Ministry Human Development and Culture, Indonesia
•   Dr Susan Corning, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
•   Mr James McGrane, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

10.00-11.00

Parallel Sessions

Room Balai Raya

Session 3.1.2:
Whole of Society: Globalisation, Federalism and Overseas Territories

This session will look at the role of the trade and tourism sectors in the context of health emergencies, and the role of the state in ensuring capacities are developed at all levels of federated states and in overseas territories

Chair: Dr Dirk Glaesser, Director – Sustainable Development Programme, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Panel discussion:

•   Prof. David O. Freedman, University of Alabama.
•   Mrs Amélie Schmitt, Ministry of Health, France
•   Mrs Ansa Jordaan, International

Room Balai Ulu

Session 3.1.3:
Whole of Government: The health and security interface.

This session will present existing initiatives between the health and security sectors and will be focussing on shared values and responsibilities between health and security in managing the risks.

Chair: Prof. Vernon Lee, Deputy Director Communicable Diseases, Ministry Singapore

Panel discussion:

•   Mr Ian Watson, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, USA
•   Dr Liana Torosyan, Ministry of Health, Armenia
•   Dr Mika Salminen, National

Civil Aviation Organization

(ICAO)

•   Dr Lubunmi Ojo, Center for

  Disease Control and Prevention

  (CDC), Nigeria

•   Mrs Nurhayati Ali Assegaf,

  Indonesian House of Representatives, Indonesia

Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland.

11.00-11.30

Coffee break

11.30-12.30

Session 3.2: Strategic Partnership Portal

Chair: Dr Karin Nygård, Program Head – Global Health Preparedness, Norway

Purpose: During this session WHO will show how the Strategic Partnership Portal (SPP) is able to capture and regularly update countries’ needs and gaps – based on the outcomes of the measuring tools – as well as the contributions of partners to address the identified gaps.

Presentation by WHO: Dr John Ojo, WHO Country Office in Ghana – Supported by Dr Grace Saguti WHO Country Office in Tanzania

Panel discussion:

•   Dr Mathew West, International Health and Biodefense, USA
•   Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu, WHO Representative to Uganda
•   Ms Azusa Sato, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
•   Mrs Annegret Al-Janabi, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and

  Development, Federal Republic of Germany

12.30-13.30

Lunch

13.30 13.45

Introduction to Breakout Sessions

13.45-15.45

Rooms Balai Raya and Balai Ulu

Session 3.4 : Breakout Groups : Thematic working groups with different scenarios.

Purpose: The exercise will demonstrate how the Preparedness Framework can be operationalised in different settings and will illustrate how early investments in preparedness saves lives and prevents economic loss.

15.45-16.15

Coffee break

16.15-17.15

Presentations by Breakout Groups
Each working group will present the outcomes of their exercises. The outputs of the group discussions can be developed into short operational case studies that can be developed into annexes for the Preparedness Strategy.

17.15-17.30

Summary of discussions & Recommendations

Dr Sylvie Briand, WHO Headquarters

End of Day 2

09.00-10.00

PART 4 : SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Session 4.1: Securing domestic investment for preparedness

This session aims to strengthen countries’ commitments to invest in global health security with domestic resources, regional support and development aid. The session will also highlight the role of Parliaments and governance in ensuring sustainable funding for national health emergencies.

Chair: Ms Pia Locatelli, Member of Parliament, Italy Panel discussion:

•   Dr Faustine Ndugulile Member of Parliament, Tanzania
•   Dr Mohammad Millat, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
•   Mrs Irma Marlina, National Agency for Fiscal Policy , Indonesia
•   Mr. Hoang Minh Duc, Ministry of Health, Vietnam

10.00-10.30

Coffee break

10.30-11.30

Session 4.2: Financing national preparedness plans
During this session, partners will look back at the recent commitments on investing in preparedness and discuss sustainability.

Chair: Mr Patrick Osewe, Global Lead – Healthy Societies, World Bank Group

Presentation by the World Bank Group Panel discussion:

•   Dr Ron Waldman, USAID
•   Mrs Caroline Jehu-Appiah, African Development Bank (AfDB)
•   Mr Vincent Noone, Department of Health, United Kingdom
•   Dr Vernon Lee, Deputy Director, Ministry of Health, Singapore

11.30-12.30

Statements by Participants

12.30-13.00

Summary, High Level Recommendations & Next Steps

13.00

Close of the meeting