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Objectives:

Provide insights into health-related activities happening in the community – and how this may impact EMS
Explain the concept of community engagement and community-oriented research
Provide brief introduction to community-based response systems (EFAR/CFAR) from a community perspective

Speakers:

Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager

Mrs Marian Kinnes
Manenberg Health Forum representative/ Community Liaison Officer

Objectives:  

Improve the development, management, awareness and uptake of the STGs and EML;
Improve understanding of HTA methodology and changes to the STGs and EML;
Expand the stakeholder database and develop lessons learned to improve communication;
Improve  equitable access and availability of essential medicines; and
Promote the rational use of medicine.

Speakers:

Ms Maropeng Rapetsoa
Pharmaceutical Policy Specialist
Essential Drugs Programme

Professor Karen Cohen
Primary Healthcare/Adult Hospital Level ERC Co-chair,
Associate Professor: Division of Clinical Pharmacology

Dr Jeremy Nel
Head: Infectious Diseases

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Capacity Building :  Stakeholders on the interpretation of Early Warning Signs for Extreme Weather events

Information sharing: Relevant research with the stakeholders for strengthening evident based decision making towards adaptation to Climate Change Impacts.

Benchmarking : Best practices from other affected provinces with stakeholders on Climate Change response can be strengthened through benchmarking.

Capacity Building: Stakeholders on the department’s Climate Change and Health Adaptation and Mitigation interventions.

Speakers:

Dr Katlego Ncongwane:
Senior Manager, Research and Development Department, South African Weather Services

Dr Caradee Wright
(PhD in Preventive and Social Medicine) is a Chief Specialist Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council

Dr Gloria Maimela,
Deputy CEO, FPD; Senior Technical Advisor, Climate and Health,

Ms Babongile Mhlongo,
Director: Environmental Health, Communicable Diseases Control and Malaria  Control in Kwazulu Natal Department of Health

Dr Anwar Kharwa :
Director: Facilities Management, Western Cape Department of Health

Ms Bono Nemukula,
Deputy Director, Environmental Health, National Department of Health

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Objectives:

Understanding the concept of situational awareness
Improving basic scene safety practices
Understanding potential risk faced by EMS

Speakers:

Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager

Mr Ettiene du Preez
Regional Operations Manager

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Objectives:

To provide healthcare workers with support in managing patients with Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) and co-infections
Support clinicians who are interested in the Knowledge Hub online Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) course.  
Provide clinical resources and guidelines to support the healthcare professional in the clinic or hospital setting
Provide practical management tools

Speakers:

Dr Dean Solomon
Technical Lead National

Dr Natasha Davies
HIV Specialist: Clinical Care

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Objectives:

To raise awareness of the human health sector stakeholders in addressing AMR in South Africa,
To communicate and discuss  local and international AMR priorities and AMR mitigation activities.
To present the various reporting structures and dashboards used in the surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial use.
To expand the National Department of Health’s AMR stakeholder database

Speakers:

Dr Ruth Lancaster  
Pharmaceutical Policy Specialist

Dr Janine Jugathpal
Deputy Director: Essential Drugs Programme
National Department of Health

Dr Francis Magombo
Health Systems Coordinator

Dr Chetna Govind   
Microbiologist

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Objectives:

To raise awareness of the human health sector stakeholders in addressing AMR in South Africa,
To communicate and discuss  local and international AMR priorities and AMR mitigation activities.
To present the various reporting structures and dashboards used in the surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial use.
To expand the National Department of Health’s AMR stakeholder database

Speakers:

Dr Chetna Govind   
Microbiologist

Prof Olga Perovic
Associate Professor: WITS, Director of AMR division at WHC, Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for AMR in Africa and Pathologist at NICD

Dr Ruth Lancaster  
Pharmaceutical Policy Specialist

Ms Amanda Brewer
Senior Technical Advisor – EpiC-SCTA

Mr Andre de Beer
Senior BI Developer

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Objectives:

•    Update participants on global polio eradication initiative status
•    To describe the Polio surveillance system
•    To discuss the clinical aspects and management of Polio
•    To describe and understand the NPEC Case Classification Process

Speakers:

Elizabeth Maseti
EPI Programme Manager

Dr,  Daudi Manyanga
Technical Officer, VPD Surveillance

Prof John Rodda
Honorary Paediatric Neurologist

Dr, Kingsley Katleho Mokoena
National Surveillance Officer: Vaccine-preventable Disease

Dr Simangele Mthethwa
Vaccine Preventable Diseases – National Professional Officer

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