Details
12:30 pm - 02:00 pm (EDT)
Venue: Conference Room B, PAHO Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Live streaming: Via PAHOTV
Objetives
• Showcase scalable and impactful country experiences that are accelerating the elimination of communicable diseases.
• Highlight high-impact and cost-effective interventions ("best buys") that strengthen the Region’s capacity to eliminate diseases among populations in vulnerable situations.
• Promote sustained political commitment and multisectoral collaboration to ensure no one is left behind in disease elimination efforts.
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Agenda
5 minutes
Opening remarks
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Director, Pan American Health Organization
5 minutes
Remarks
Robert Matiru, Director of Programs, UNITAID
15 minutes
Country recognition
Ceremony recognizing Suriname’s achievement in malaria elimination
10 minutes
Presentation
Best buys to accelerate disease elimination in the Americas, Pan American Health Organization
40 minutes
Panel discussion: Accelerating disease elimination by reaching populations in vulnerable situations – Best buys in action
Panelists: Delegates from Guyana, Paraguay, and Suriname
3 minutes
Closing remarks
Dr. Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, Assistant Director, Pan American Health Organization