Symposium
The AHB Symposium is a pan-African conference that sits at the heart of the African healthcare scene. Via the symposium, AHB has curated a platform for promoting public-private sector partnerships and dialogue within the African healthcare sector
In 2022, AHB hosted the AHB Symposium on Africa women’s health, leading to the formation of the Coalition for Women’s Health in Africa (COWHA). AHB is now organizing the 2nd Symposium with the theme “A New Dawn of Partnerships for Women’s Health” to promote and advance partnerships for women’s health in Africa.
Why Women's Health?
Women and girls’ health is still low on the political and policy agenda in Africa, this results in the alarming health indicators that cover the below key areas:
Sexual and reproductive health – unplanned pregnancies, HIV/HPV infections
Sub Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of women with unmet contraception needs: almost 1 in 4 women cannot get access to their choice of contraception.
Women related cancers – cervical, breast and ovarian cancer
Out of the top 20 countries with the highest incidence rates of cervical cancer globally, 19 are situated in Africa.
Maternal health – post partum hemorrhage
The likelihood of a woman in Africa succumbing to pregnancy-related causes stands at approximately 1 in 37. By comparison, the lifetime risk for a woman in Europe is 1 in 6500.
Programme
Time Zone : Greenwich Mean Time
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Opening Ceremony: Harmonizing action for women’s health in Africa
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Health break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Diagnostics as an enabler for advancing women’s health – from prevention, to detection, to management
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Innovative approaches to increase access to medicines and vaccines for women’s health
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Family planning at the centre of global health, development, and gender equality
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
