This national health summit will mark the second convening of key collaborators, partners, and stakeholders, including government officials, public health experts, healthcare providers, community leaders, and advocates. The summit aims to evaluate progress since the last gathering, share best practices and strategies such as the “One Plan, One Budget, and One Report,” and align with the Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2024.
The health workforce remains crucial in delivering high-quality, affordable, and accessible healthcare services in the country. For the health sector to meet its goals and objectives, it largely depends on the availability of trained and qualified professionals with an appropriate skills mix and well-motivated service providers capable of delivering efficient and effective healthcare services. The health summit will provide a forum to recognize and award passionate and hardworking healthcare workers (HCWs) from their constituencies.
Health Summit Agenda
Day 1: The Past – Review the Progress of the Health Sector
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Arrival, Registration, and Networking |
| 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM | Introduction of the Chairperson & Chairperson’s Opening Remarks |
| 9:10 AM – 9:15 AM | Objective of the Summit |
| 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM | Welcome Address |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Statements: – HNGO Chairperson – HDP Chairperson – UN Resident Coordinator – Rep Diplomatic Corps – Minister of Finance – Chairperson of the Parliamentary Health Committee – CSOs |
| 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM | Interlude |
| 10:10 AM – 10:25 AM | Keynote Presentation: Status of the Health Sector: Progress and Key Lessons (2022-2024) |
| 10:25 AM – 10:50 AM | Keynote Address |
| 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM | Photos and Networking |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Tea Break |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Approach to Implementing and Institutionalising the Life Stages Model of Service Delivery |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch / Networking & Exhibition Viewing |
Parallel Sessions (Session 3 Breakout Rooms)
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
- Room 1: Human Resources Improvement in the Health Sector – Production and Closing the Gaps for All Cadres
- Room 2: Governance and Leadership: Critical Management and Functional Reforms
- Room 3: Health Security and Emergencies: Building Resilience, One Health, Climate Change
Session 4 Breakout Rooms
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Room 1: Sustainable Healthcare Financing Towards UHC – The Gap, Domestic Resources, and the Solutions
- Room 2: Infrastructural Reforms in the Health Sector: Scaling Up Health Infrastructure – Building and Maintaining Facilities and Equipment
- Room 3: Primary Healthcare Reformation – Rearranging the Level of Facility and the Capacity of These Facilities
Day 2: The Present – Accelerating Progress Towards UHC 2030
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Arrival, Registration, and Networking |
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Recap of Day 1 and Overview of Day 2 |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Primary Health Care and Gender Mainstreaming: – Transforming our Primary Healthcare Unit – Community Health Systems – Supportive Supervision – Gender Mainstreaming |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Tea Break |
Session 2
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Room 1: Health Data: Monitoring and Evaluation of the Health Sector
- Room 2: Health Care Financing:
1. Sustainable Financing Mechanisms for UHC: Building on SLeSHI and FHC
2. Public-Private Partnerships for Health Sector Financing - Room 3: NCDs and Mental Health, Elderly Healthcare, Cancers
- Room 4: Hospitals – Secondary and Tertiary Healthcare Services
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch Break |
Session 3
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Room 1: Supply Chain – Medicines and Health Technology: Innovations for Better Service Delivery
- Room 2: Digital Health:
1. Digital Health Solutions for UHC
2. Enhancing Data Collection and Reporting with Digital Health - Room 3: Health Workforce:
– Rural Retention of Health Workers
– Workforce Health and Wellbeing: Addressing Burnout and Mental Health
– Health Workforce Data - Room 4: Service Delivery:
– Maternal Child Health (EPI, FP – Pregnancy)
– Nutrition
– Child Health
– Adolescent School Health
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Room 1: Eye Health, ENT, and Oral Health
- Room 2: Service Delivery:
– Quality of Care: Assessing Healthcare Infrastructure
– Referral Systems (NEMS)
– WASH in Health Facilities - Room 3: Infectious Diseases: Malaria, TB, HIV, NTDs
- Room 4: Climate Health and Gender Mainstreaming:
– Effect of Climate Change on Gender
– Impact of Climate Change on Health
– Gender Mainstreaming and UHC
Day 3: The Future – One Policy, One Plan, One Budget, One Report
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Arrival, Registration, and Networking Opening Remarks and Recap |
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Recap of Day 2 and Overview of Day 3 |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Health Care Governance: Strengthening Coordination, Leadership, Partnerships, and Alignment |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Tea Break |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Multi-level Integrated Planning: Case Studies and Strategies – One Policy, One Plan, One Budget, One Report |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Key Recommendations and Action Plans |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Business Meeting – MOH and Partners’ Commitments Closing Remarks |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Summit Closing and Vote of Thanks |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Lunch / Networking & Exhibition Viewing |
