Agenda

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Please note that all times are local Nairobi time | Greenwich Mean Time +3 (time zone converter).

Tuesday 21 Nov: Day 1 - BOMA Hotel

9:10 - 9:40
Welcome & Registration

9:40 - 9:45
Welcome from George Fenton

9:45 - 10:00
Opening Address

Susan Ng’ong’a, Managing Director, E-Plus

10:00 - 11:00
Panel Session on Matching Demand with Local Supply

Speaking on this panel are:

  • Victoria Njunu, Regional Director, East and Southern Africa, HELP Logistics
  • Dr Gloria Kigen, Head of Supply Chai & Logistics, Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS) Kenya
  • Katherine Ely, Project Manager, Environmental Sustainability in Humanitarian Logistics (WREC) Global Logistics Cluster, World Food Programme

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 - 11:45
Briefing: Graphene Water Treatment

Presented by Frank van Gelder, PharmaAero

11:45 - 12:00
Briefing: Diagnostic Testing

Dr Ushula Tefashe, Chief Scientific Officer, Graphene Leaders Canada

12:00 - 12:15
Briefing: GLC's Field Based Preparedness Project

Presented by Katherine Ely and Daniel Kirwa, GLC

12:15 - 13:00
Q&A

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 17:00
Kits that Fit - Roundtable meeting (by invitation only)

You must be pre-registered for this workshop.

14:00 - 14:45
Presentations on Last Mile, Technology and Emergency Preparedness

These will take place over three separate rooms. Topics for the presentations in each room are listed below:

Last Mile

  • Providing Common Storage facilities for Humanitarian Organizations in hard-to-reach locations affected by insurgency
  • Enhancing Primary Healthcare Services through Last-mile Delivery in Low-Resource Settings: Leveraging Partnerships and Technology for Improved Vaccine Availability and Routine Immunization
  • Overcoming Last Mile Delivery of Vaccine challenges in South Sudan
  • Strengthening Last-Mile Delivery of Drugs: A Case Study of Punjab, India

Emergency Preparedness

  • Humanitarian Logistics in EPR: Approaches and Experiences from the South Pacific
  • The Internal and External Predictive Factors of Humanitarian Logistics Performance: The Case of Ethiopian Public Health Emergency Management

Technology

  • Analyzing the Effectiveness of Digital Technology in Vaccine Supply Management in Kano State, Nigeria
  • Optimizing Health and Humanitarian Logistics for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Solutions and Strategies for a Resilient Future

14:45 - 15:15
Coffee Break

15:15 - 17:00
Networking & Innovation Hub

Opportunity for innovators and exhibitors to showcase products and services. 

17:00 - 18:30
Networking Drinks Reception

 

Wednesday 22 Nov: Day 2 - BOMA Hotel

9:00 - 09:30
Welcome

9:30 - 09:45
Keynote

Fatima Tafida, Regional Supply Chain Lead, Operational Support and Logistics, Emergency Preparedness & Response, WHO Africa

10:00 - 12:30
Panel: People in Health & Humanitarian Logistics

Local / regional experience, initiative & panel on local skill and supply chain capacity needs.

  • Jenniffer Luande, Nutrition Supply Chain Consultant
  • Dr Nancy Njeru, Ministry of Health, Kenya
  • Dr Ushula Tefashe, Chief Scientific Officer, Graphene Leaders Canada
  • Paul Lotay, CEO, Centrale Humanitaire Médico-Pharmaceutique (CHMP)

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30
Breakout Sessions

There will be three breakout sessions on three key topics

  • Last Mile Delivery
  • Local Procurement
  • Health Supply Chain Capacity Building

Facilitator: Kenneth Sang, Kenya Institute of Supplies Management, University of Nairobi

12:30 - 12:45
Breakout Groups to Feedback

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:00 - 17:15
Knowledge & Innovation Hub

Opportunity for innovators and exhibitors to showcase products and services. There will also be briefings taking place in our Knowledge Hub with final timings to be confirmed.

There is also an opportunity for students to make poster presentations.

14:00 - 17:00
Site Visits

Further details on how to register for all site visits will be issued to our registered attendees. Spaces will be available on a first come, first served basis to our attendees.

Site Visit 1: Kenya Red Cross Warehouse complex & E-Plus Emergency Ambulance Service

KRC – visit the warehouse to see the processes and operational work of KRCS, including how aid partners are using the facilities to support programmes, and how KRCS meet their in-country needs rather than outsourcing services.

E-Plus – participants will tour the emergency response operations room and attend a briefing on the sustainable business model used to run over 120 ambulances in Kenya

Site Visit 2: ICRC Regional Medical Warehouse Complex – view the cold chain process from receipt to despatch of medical items, with a briefing from a pharmacist on how ICRC manages quality control both for in-country needs and those provided from Geneva.

You can find out further details about the site visits on offer at the following link: https://hhlconference.org/hhl23/en/page/site-visits

17:15 - 17:45
Summary of Outcomes

17:45 - 17:50
End of HHL Event

 

East African Humanitarian Summit (EAHS)
Thursday 23 Nov: Day 1 - Trademark Hotel

Please note: To attend the EAHS panel discussion you must register separately for EAHS. Your HHL2023 registration entitles you access to the content on Tuesday and Wednesday. listed above.

10:00 - 11:00
Panel Discussion
Presentation of key outcomes from the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference.

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