G20 National Public Health Institute Side Meeting


Between September 9-11, 2024, an official G20 National Public Health Institute side meeting was held in Rio De Janeiro, under the G20 presidency of Brazil. The meeting was co-hosted by IANPHI, Fiocruz, and Africa CDC.

The objectives of the conference were to:

  1. Build a consensus that is representative of the member countries' national institutes on the agenda defined by the G20 presidency, contributing to the decisions of the Health Ministers and the Heads of State and Government of the G20;
  2. Support the agendas approved by the G20 in their respective national health promotion plans in the aspects related to their respective responsibilities;and
  3. Guide an international cooperation plan to enhance the actions of NPHIs regarding the agendas approved by the G20 and evaluate potential and appropriate sources of financing.

Discussions were held on the four main priorities for the G20 Health Working Group and the role of National Public Health Institutes in delivering outcomes that prevented and reduced harmful health impacts on populations. The themes were: Preparedness and Response to Health Emergencies, Climate Change and Health, Health Equities and Health System Resilience.

A declaration was developed and agreed which has a call for action with five priorities for National Public Health Institutes. The declaration was presented to the G20 Ministers of Health.

Read the Declaration

Meeting Agenda

Panel Discussion Presentations

Morning Sessions

Panelists:
  • Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Director, Pan American Health Organization
  • Dr. Scott Dowell
  • Dr. Vicky Lefevre, Public Health Functions Unit, European Center for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Mr. John Paul Clark, Lead Health Specialist, Pandemic Fund United States of America
  • Ms. Sara Hersey, Director, Collaborative Intelligence

Presentation of Dr. Dowell (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Lefevre (PPTX)

Presentation of Mr. Clark (PPTX)

Presentation of Ms. Hersey (PDF)

Afternoon Sessions

Panelists (Room 1):
  • Dr. Tania Marie Peixoto Fonseca, Coordinator, Health Surveillance and Reference Laboratories, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Brazil
  • Dr. Jenny Harries, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency
  • Prof. Vernon Lee, Executive Director, interim Communicable Diseases Agency, Singapore

Presentation of Dr. Fonseca (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Harries (PPTX)

Presentation of Prof. Lee (PPTX)

Panelists (Room 2):
  • Prof. Hongbing Shen, Director - General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention -- Deputy Director - General, National Disease Control and Prevention Administration, P.R. China
  • Prof. Vivian Kouri Cardella, Director, IPK

Presentation of Prof. Shen (PPTX)

Presentation of Prof. Kouri Cardella (PPTX)

Panelists (Room 3):
  • Dr. Henry Walke, ORR Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
  • Dr. Lisa Indar, Ad Interim Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency
  • Prof. Claude Muvunyi, Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), Rwanda

Presentation of Dr. Walke (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Indar (PPTX)

Presentation of Prof. Muvunyi (PPTX)

Opening Session - Sept. 9, 2024
Panel 1 (Part 1) - Sept. 9, 2024
Panel 1 (Part 2) - Sept. 9, 2024

Panelists:

  • Dr. Eduardo Samo Gudo, Director General, National Institute of Health, Mozambique
  • Dr. Lisa Indar, Ad Interim Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency
  • Dr. Marco Martuzzi, Director, Department of Environment and Health National Institute of Health (ISS) Rome, Italy
  • Dr. Sebastien Deny, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change and Health Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sante publique France
  • Mr. Mark Pearson, Deputy Director, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs OECD

Presentation of Dr. Samo Gudo (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Indar (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Martuzzi (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Deny (PPTX)

Presentation of Mr. Pearson (PPTX)

Panel 2 (Afternoon) - Sept. 9, 2024

Panelists:

  • Dr. Felix Rosenberg, Director, Forum Itaborai: Politics, Science, and Culture in Health FIOCRUZ Coordinator, Latin American Network
  • Dr. Karen Hacker,Director, National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, CDC USA
  • Dr. Pierre Gerlier Forest, CEO - National Institute For Public Health, Quebec, Canada
  • Dr. Shiva Murugasampillay,
  • Dr. Stephanie Vandentorren, Program Coordinator, Sante publique France, France

Presentation of Dr. Rosenberg (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Hacker (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Gerlier Forest (PDF)

Presentation of Dr. Murugasampillay (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Vandentorren (PPTX)

Panel 3 (Part 1) - Sept. 10, 2024
Panel 3 (Part 2) - Sept.10, 2024

Panelists:

  • Dr. Haftom Taame Desta, Principal Programme Officer, NPHI Africa CDC
  • Dr. Natalie Mayet, Deputy Director, National Institute for Communicable Disease South Africa
  • Dr. Sarah Viehbeck, Chief Science Officer and Vice- President, Data Surveillance and Foresight Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
  • Prof. Jenny Harries, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency
  • Prof. Tomofumi Sone, President, National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan

Presentation of Dr. Taame Desta (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Mayet (PPTX)

Presentation of Dr. Viehbeck (PPTX)

Presentation of Prof. Harries (PPTX)

Presentation of Prof. Sone (PPTX)

Panel 4 - Sept. 10, 2024
Reporting and Draft Session - Sept. 10, 2024
Closing Session - Sept. 11, 2024