Open Heart Surgery (OHS) in Africa – Preliminary Program
Below is the preliminary program for the Conference:
February 17th IN THE MORNING | DAY 1 – Sustainable System for a Permanent Development of Open Heart Surgery in Africa |
7:30-9:00AM | Registration & Opening Ceremony |
9:00-10:30AM | INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME GOODWILL MESSAGES BY INVITED GUESTS ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF AATCVS PRESIDENTIAL AND OPENING ADDRESS «Improving Health Services and Universal Health Coverage: Why and How ?» EXHIBITION STANDS VISIT AND GROUP PHOTOGRAPH |
Session 1 | |
10:40-11:40AM | KEY NOTE ADDRESS: How ECOWAS can play a role for a sustainable development of Open Heart Surgery in West-Africa? |
11:40AM -12:30PM | Discussion |
12:30-13:30PM | Lunch |
Session 2 | |
2:00-3:00PM | Guest of Honor ADDRESS – African Development Bank and Open Heart Surgery services improvement, Infrastructures for Health, and Universal Health coverage in Africa: Why and How ? |
3:00-3:30PM | Discussion |
3:30-4:00PM | Tea-Break |
Session 3 | |
4:00-4:30PM | Budgeting & Financing Open Heart Surgery: Challenges and Perspectives |
4:30-5:00PM | Discussion |
Session 4 | |
5:00-6:00PM | Lecture – Open Heart Surgery and Universal Health Coverage in developing world: Dream to Reality |
February 18th IN THE MORNING | DAY 2 – Global Cardiac Surgery, Global Surgery and Global Health in Africa |
Session 5 | |
8:00-8:20AM | NSOAP in Cote d’Ivoire |
8:20-8:40AM | Progress in Global surgery and the Role of NSOAPs |
8:40-9:00AM | NSOAP in West-Africa |
9:00-9:20AM | NSOAP in Senegal |
9:20-9:40AM | NSOAP in Zambia |
9:40-10:00AM | NSOAP from CUGH Perspectives |
10:00-10:20AM | Tea-Break |
Session 6 | Round Table: the way forward to Go after 2019 Abidjan declaration for OHS development in Africa |
10:20-10:40AM | Cardiac Surgery Implementation in Africa: 2019 Abidjan Declaration for Open Heart Surgery |
10:40-11:05AM | CardioStart International Foundation Initiatives in Africa |
11:05-11:25AM | Opinions, Comments and Contributions from Cardiac Surgeons |
Session 7 | GLOBAL CARDIAC SURGERY IMPLEMENTATION IN AFRICA |
11:30AM-12:30PM | Key Note address – The role of cardiac surgery in Global surgery and Global health in Africa: Capacity building, innovation, data science, advocacy, telemedicine |
12:30-12:45PM | Questions & Answers |
12:45-1:30PM | Lunch |
Session 8 | RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE AND GLOBAL CARDIAC SURGERY |
1:30-2:30PM | Rheumatic heart disease: The role of global cardiac surgery |
2:30-3:45PM | Presentation of Jacques Kpodonu’s Book on Global Cardiac Surgery |
2:00-2:30PM | Questions & Answers |
2:30-3:00PM | Tea-Break |
3:00-4:00PM | Recent Advances and Innovations in Vascular Surgery |
3:45-4:00PM | Questions & Answers |
4:00-4:20PM | Tea-Break |
Session 9 | NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN VASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY |
4:20-4:50PM | Recent Advances and Innovations in Vascular Surgery |
4:50-5:20PM | Hybrid Vascular Surgery: Perspectives in Africa |
5:20-5:45PM | Thoracic Surgery: Modern techniques, Challenges and Results |
5:50:6:20PM | Guest of Honor Lecture |
5:30-6:00PM | Questions & Answers |
February 19th IN THE MORNING | African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery inaugural International Conference 2022 |
9:00-10:30AM | Opening Ceremony Welcome address Opening Address Presidential Address «Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery in Africa past, now and future» Group Photo |
10:30-10:40AM | Tea-Break |
10:40-11:10AM | Scientific Session 1 Guest of Honor Lecture |
11:10AM-12:55PM | Scientific Session 2 Pediatric and Congenital Surgery in African countries – Human Resources, Surgical facilities, Training program, Surgeries done and Financing |
1:00-2:00PM | Lunch |
2:00-3:00PM | Business Meeting – African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery |
3:00-4:00PM | Business Meeting – AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS Presentation – African Database for Cardiac Surgery |
4:00-5:00PM | Scientific Session 3 Inaugural Martin Aghaji Lecture |
5:00-5:30PM | Closing Remarks Final Communique |