2024 IANPHI Annual Meeting | Advancing Public Health, Resilience, and Sustainability
The 2024 IANPHI Annual Meeting was held on February 7 and 8 in Kigali, Rwanda and hosted by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. This year's theme was "Advancing public health, resilience, and sustainability".
Global understanding of the importance of public health has increased significantly following the COVID-19 pandemic. There is now an opportunity to advance public health, drawing on the political commitment and resources mobilized to strengthen health security and ‘build back better’. A key objective in building back better will be to increase system resilience and build sustainability, which will be critically important given the hazards to health posed by climate change and resulting extreme weather events.
This IANPHI annual meeting was an opportunity for IANPHI members to share their experience of advancing public health at the national and local level, and to discuss progress needed nationally and globally to support that action.
The theme of advancing public health was used to reflect on the global impetus to strengthen collaborative surveillance and to consider the new tools and mechanisms to do that, such as strengthened international pathogen surveillance network (IPSN), strengthened data and analytics for public health, through the WHO Berlin Hub, and new funding mechanisms, such as the Pandemic Fund.
The theme of resilience considered the institutional and workforce needs for more resilient health systems, considering current efforts to develop the public health and emergency workforce and increase the capacity of National Public Health Institutions (NPHIs) and health systems to deliver the Essential Public Health Functions (EPHFs).
Under the theme of sustainability, we discussed climate change and its impact and address the intractable problem of health inequity and of national and international efforts to ensure public health systems address inequalities, which is essential for sustainability.
Highlights and Replay
Opening session
Building Resilient Health Systems through Stronger Institutions and Workforce to Deliver the Essential Public Health Functions
Advancing Public Health Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
Sustainability - Climate Change and Public Health
Session 5: Advancing Public Health - Strengthening Collaboration for Surveillance and Response
Session 6: Resilience - Strengthening Health System Equity and Tackling Inequalities
Closing session
Program and Format
Practical Information
Four Points by Sheraton
KN3 Avenue, district de Nyarugenge, Kigali
For any questions please contact the hotel
at: +250 788 163 100ral Station.
Hotel wifi
Free Wifi will be offered in the hotel, the wifi will be personalized during the event and a specific password will be given to all participants.Meeting rooms
The Conference room is SIMBA ballroomSmall Meeting Rooms are KINIGI and KIVU
The Breakout rooms are MUHABURA and GASABO
Kigali International Airport is located 12 km east of the city. Depending on traffic, it takes around 25 minutes to reach the city center.
The hotel Four Points by Sheraton does have airport transfer services that is charged $45 per way per vehicle. Shuttle services operates 24/7 as long as flight details are shared. They can be contacted at the following number: +250 724-123 139.
By Taxi: Upon arrival at the airport and throughout all stay in the Country the following transport companies are available:
- Move by Volkswagen available on call at: 1010 or https://move.rw/
- Yego Cabs available on call at: 9191 or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yego.passenger
In Rwanda the monetary unit is the Rwandan Franc RWF, although US dollars are widely accepted.
Expect to pay for local services in cash. There are ATMs in Kigali, but not all of them accept foreign cards.
Banking hours are from 08:00am to 18:00pm on weekdays and from 08:00am to 15:00pm on Saturdays. Banking amenities are available at all commercial banks; local and regional banks hold agreement with a variety of credit card networks:
- VISA: Bank of Kigali, Ecobank, Equity bank, I & M bank, Kenya Commercial Bank, ACCESS bank, Banque populaire du Rwanda and Urwego Opportunity bank
- MasterCard: Bank of Kigali, ACCESS bank and Equity bank.
- China Union Pay: Access bank, Equity bank and Bank of Kigali.
- Japan Credit Bureau: Equity bank.
- American Express: Equity bank and Bank of Kigali.
- Diners Club: Equity bank and Bank of Kigali.
A growing number of places accept credit and debit cards, before travelling, please check with your bank to reduce charges.
Please ensure to carry the necessary documents printed and with you (not in your checked-in luggage).
Participants who will attend virtually can find the links to the meeting at the program. When accessing the zoom platform, please register with your name, organization and country (for example: Philipine Colle, IANPHI Secretariat, France).
As ambassadors for NPHIs worldwide, we encourage you to post about the meeting on social media using #IANPHI, #NPHIs and @IANPHIhealth and share IANPHI’s posts.
Photos of the week will be available on the IANPHI Flickr page. Please share your photos with us (Secretariat@ianphi.org) throughout the week, so that we can add them to Flickr.
If you have any question regarding the event, please email the IANPHI Secretariat at secretariat@ianphi.org.
For urgent issues, please message us on WhatsApp: +33 7 85 24 14 53.
About the Host Institute
The Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) is the nation's central health implementation agency. RBC was established in 2011 through a merger of fourteen key health institutions. RBC strives to improve the health of the Rwandan population by providing high quality, affordable and sustainable health care services. This is accomplished through the implementation of preventative, rehabilitative, and curative health interventions. RBC conducts scientific research, provides diagnostics services, and implements innovative health interventions to protect the nation against diseases and other health threats. Prof. Claude Mambo Muvunyi currently serves as RBC's director general.
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