Infectious Diseases Summit

Uniting for a Healthier World

Accordia Global Health Foundation’s Infectious Diseases Summit addresses the dire need for international strategies to build healthcare capacity in Africa, to combat the immediate health and security threat posed by HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious disease. The Summit convenes representatives from the most senior levels of academic medical schools, foundations and NGOs, developed and developing country governments, and the private sectors. These individuals and the organizations they represent bring the will and the ability to implement large-scale, cross-sector initiatives to develop a new generation of healthcare leadership in Africa.

Summit 2009

The Summit will be a 2-day meeting April 20-22, 2009 in Kampala, Uganda. Participation is by invitation only and will be limited to 50-100 high-level individuals from governmental institutions, academia, NGOs, and industry, with significant representation from African organizations.

The Infectious Diseases Summit series embraces its participants' shared goal to build long-term healthcare capacity in Africa. This year's Summit will have the theme Building Healthcare Leadership in Africa: Preparing individuals and institutions for leadership roles in healthcare policy, education and research. Because of the central role they play in developing such capacity, African academic medical centers will be an area of special focus.

The agenda will focus around three interrelated tracks to build health leadership in Africa:

• The Individual: Identifying, nurturing, and retaining leaders at all levels in global health

• The Institution: Enhancing organizational capacity to lead and influence health policy and practice

• The Network: Fostering south-to-south collaboration and innovation

For further information on the 2009 Summit or to learn how you can participate, please contact Sarah Henry.

Summit 2009 Steering Committee Membership

Hank McKinnell, Chairman, Accordia Global Health Foundation, CO-CHAIR
Nelson Sewankambo, Acting Principal, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Medical School, CO-CHAIR
Aday E. Adetosoye, Acting Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Global AIDS Program - PEPFAR Nigeria
Kathy Cahill,  Deputy Director, Global Health Strategies, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Alex Coutinho, Executive Director, Infectious Diseases Institute
Ernest Darkoh, Chairman, BroadReach Healthcare, LLC
Joseph Dwyer, Director, Leadership, Management & Sustainability Program, Management Sciences for Health
Joe Feczko, Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Inc
Roger Glass, Director, Fogarty International Center
Michael Scheld, Professor, Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Jeff Sturchio, Chairman, Corporate Council on Africa  

Summit 2009 Sponsors

Organizing Partner
Pfizer Inc

Leadership Partner
Merck
National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research
Schering-Plough Foundation

Sponsoring Partner
AstraZeneca
Bayer Healthcare
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Supporting Partner
Almirall
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)

For more information on 2009 Summit sponsorship opportunities please contact Sarah Henry.