2025 IANPHI Annual Meeting
The IANPHI Annual Meeting will be held April 9 - 10, 2025 in Maputo, Mozambique and hosted by the National Institute of Health of Mozambique. This year, the main theme of the meeting is "The role of NPHIs in promoting healthy, equitable and resilient societies to tackle current and future threats". Please read the draft agenda.
Side meetings will be held by invitation on April 11.
Interpretation in English, French and Portuguese will be provided.
The IANPHI Annual Meeting is for NPHIs Directors (or their representatives) and IANPHI partners and guests only. Registration is required to attend. Please register here.
The event will be held in person in the Radisson Blu hotel in Maputo and some sessions will be accessible virtually. Guests may book a room in the same hotel.
We recommend all participants start the visa procedure as soon as possible. Please do not underestimate the time needed to acquire a visa. If you need an invitation letter, please contact secretariat@ianphi.org.
Practical Information
The meeting will take place at:
The Radisson Blu hotel in Maputo, Mozambique
Avenida Marginal 141, Maputo, Mozambique
For any questions regarding the hotel in itself please contact the hotel at:
+258 (21) 242400
Participants can book a room in the hotel of the event by visiting the hotel booking page.
The currency in Mozambique is the Mozambican Meticais (MZN).
1 MZN = 0,015 EUR
1 MZN = 0,016 USD
We recommend all participants to start the visa process as soon as possible. Please do not underestimate the time needed to acquire a visa.
If you need an invitation letter, please, contact secretariat@ianphi.org.
To enter Mozambique for the IANPHI Annual Meeting you must:
- Be in possession of a valid passport, which is valid for at least 6 months and has at least 2 empty pages.
- Be in possession of a proof of booked accommodation for your stay in Mozambique.
- Be in possession of a round-trip ticket.
- Allow adequate time to apply for the required Visa if applicable and be aware that IANPHI does not cover fees associated with Visa requests.
NB: Please, check your personal situation regarding the need or not to apply for a Visa.
Three different situations can apply depending on your nationality:
a) You are a SADC citizen (Southern African Development Community: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe):
You can enter Mozambique freely for 30 days at a time, up to 90 days in total within a year. You only need a valid passport with a 30-days remaining validity.
b) You are a citizen from a Visa exempt country (Canada, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Israel, United States of America, Russia, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, Republic of Singapore, Ghana, Senegal, Germany, France, Italia, China):
You do not need to apply for a visa for a less than 30-day stay. However, you will need to pay a "fee" (650 MZN, approx. €9) upon arrival at the airport. You also need to provide a letter of invitation since you are traveling for business reasons. The IANPHI Secretariat and the INS Mozambique can provide you the document.
c) You are a citizen from any other country:You need to apply for a visa in advance. You can do so through Mozambique's online eVisa portal (https://evisa.gov.mz/) or by visiting your local Mozambican embassy. You will have to pay a fee and to provide several documents, including a letter of invitation. The IANPHI Secretariat and the INS Mozambique can provide you this document.
Participants can collect their badge before the beginning of the meeting.
Participants who register to attend virtually will receive a Zoom link. When accessing the zoom platform, please indicate your name, organization and country (for example: Sarah Fernandes, IANPHI Secretariat, France).
The IANPHI Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to highlight the role of national public health institutes within the global health community.
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.