Meet our speakers
Guest of Honour: Dr. Deborah M Barasa
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health Kenya
Hon. Amongin Jacquiline
East Africa Legislative Assembly Member of Parliament
Mary Muthoni
Principal Secretary, Public Health and Professional Standards, Ministry of Health Kenya
Dr. Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba
Regional Director, Africa CDC Eastern Africa Region
Dr. Katja Kerschbaumer
Head of Austrian Embassy/ Development Cooperation in Uganda
Gladys Mugambi
Head of Division, Health Promotion, Ministry of Health Kenya
Dr. Angela Nyangore Migowa
CEO and Founder Hope Arthritis Foundation, President of the Paediatric Society of the African League Against Rheumatism
Dr. Bhim Prasad Sapkota
Division Chief in the Health Coordination Division, Ministry of Health and Population Nepal
Professor Paul William Johnstone
Hon. Chair of Global Public Health, University of Manchester
Donné Cameron
Co-CEO, VSO
Julia Lalla-Maharajh OBE
Chair of the International Board of Trustees, VSO
Papa Diouf
Global Practice Area Lead for Health, VSO
Anjali Sakhuja
Global Technical Health Advisor, VSO
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