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Video now available! Global Oxygen Alliance 77th WHA Side Event in collaboration with the Government of Kenya


Increasing access to medical oxygen: local to global efforts

Increasing access to medical oxygen: local to global efforts

One year after the launch of GO2AL and the adoption of the WHA Increasing Access to Medical Oxygen resolution, this event will highlight national to global efforts –particularly partnerships – that are building stronger oxygen ecosystems. Challenges, successes, and collective actions needed to increase and sustain investment in oxygen production and equitable access will be discussed to align on a way forward.

Please see below for the video and event agenda

Event Agenda

High-level Panel

17:00Welcome:  Dr. Patrick Amoth, Director General of Health, Ministry of Health, Kenya

Opening:   

H.E. Nakhumicha S. Wafula, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Ministry of Health, Kenya        

Dr. Michael Ryan, Deputy Director-General and Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, WHO
17:15Part 1: Building stronger oxygen ecosystems in low- and middle-income countries – challenges, successes, and way forward

Moderator: Robert Matiru, Co-Chair, GO2AL and Director,Programme Division, Unitaid

H.E. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Guyana

H.E. Mr. Atsuyuki Oike, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
17:45Part 2: Global Oxygen Alliance (GO2AL) Strategy and efforts

GO2AL Introduction: Dr. David Lowrance, Co-Chair, GO2AL and Senior Advisor, Pandemic Preparedness and Response, RSSH & PPR TAP, The Global Fund

Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

Dr. Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, Assistant Director, Pan American Health Organization/WHO

Dr. Mohammed Abdulaziz, Head, Division of Disease Control and PreventionAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Fouzia Shafique, Associate Director of Health (Primary Health Care/MNCAH), Programme Group, UNICEF HQ

Maurine Murenga, Affected Communities Delegation representative of GO2AL & Executive Director, Lean on Me Foundation
18:10Closing remarks: Dr. Philippe Duneton, Executive Director, Unitaid