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Adwa Victory Memorial Museum, Addis Ababa 21–23 August 2026

37 sessions found

Ceremony Fri, Aug 21

Registration, Networking & Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

08:00 – 08:30 Pan African Hall

Event organisers.

Capacity 1507 / 3000
Filling fast
Ceremony Fri, Aug 21

Marching Band Procession, Arrival of VIPs & National Anthem

08:30 – 08:45 Pan African Hall

Protocol · Federal Police March Band.

Ceremony Fri, Aug 21

MC Welcome, Recognition of Dignitaries & Conference Overview

08:45 – 08:55 Pan African Hall

Master of Ceremony.

Ceremony Fri, Aug 21

EAHF Documentary Video

08:55 – 09:05 Pan African Hall

Organizing Committee.

Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Official Welcome Address

09:05 – 09:15 Pan African Hall
Capacity 267 / 3000
Filling fast
1 speaker
Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Keynote Address — Africa Healthcare Federation (AHF)

09:15 – 09:25 Pan African Hall
1 keynote speaker
Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Partner Keynote Address — Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (Title Sponsor)

09:25 – 09:35 Pan African Hall
1 keynote speaker
Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Keynote Address - IFC

09:35 – 09:45 Pan African Hall
1 keynote speaker
Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Keynote Address — IGAD

09:45 – 09:55 Pan African Hall
1 keynote speaker
Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Keynote Address — Africa CDC

09:55 – 10:05 Pan African Hall
1 keynote speaker
Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Special Keynote Address — World Health Organization

10:05 – 10:15 Pan African Hall
1 keynote speaker
Keynote Fri, Aug 21

Governmental Keynote Address — Ministry of Health, FDRE

10:15 – 10:25 Pan African Hall
1 keynote speaker
Ceremony Fri, Aug 21

Guest of Honour Address & Official Opening Declaration

10:25 – 10:40 Pan African Hall

Guest of Honour / Head of State.

1 speaker
Ceremony Fri, Aug 21

Group Photo, Exhibition Opening, Media Engagement & Health Break

10:40 – 11:25 Pan African Hall

VIPs · Press Office.

Investment & Health Financing Panel Fri, Aug 21

Re-imagining Healthcare Financing

11:25 – 12:55 Pan African Hall

High-level plenary · Pillar 03 — Investment & Health Financing. Innovative financing, insurance, capital markets and sustainable investment for universal health coverage.

1 moderator · 4 panelists
Break Fri, Aug 21

Lunch & Networking

12:55 – 13:50 Pan African Hall
Excellence in Health Service Delivery Panel Fri, Aug 21

Positioning East Africa as a Global Medical Tourism Destination

13:50 – 15:20 Pan African Hall

High-level plenary · Pillar 01 — Excellence in Health Service Delivery. Driving investment, excellence, innovation and cross-border healthcare.

1 moderator · 5 panelists
Break Fri, Aug 21

Health Break

15:20 – 15:45 Pan African Hall
Excellence in Health Service Delivery Workshop Fri, Aug 21

Advancing Healthcare Quality - Quality, Patient Safety and Accreditation as Market Infrastructure for the Health Economy

15:45 – 17:15 Breakout Room 1

Breakout 1 · Room 1. Quality, Patient Safety and Accreditation as Market Infrastructure for the Health Economy.

Capacity 214 / 280
Filling fast
1 moderator · 4 panelists
Excellence in Health Service Delivery Workshop Fri, Aug 21

Reinventing Primary Health Care

15:45 – 17:15 Breakout Room 2

Breakout 2 · Room 2. Primary Health Care as an Investable Service Platform: Private and Social-Enterprise Models for UHC.

Capacity 74 / 280
Filling fast
1 moderator · 5 panelists
Excellence in Health Service Delivery Workshop Fri, Aug 21

Transforming Healthcare through Digital Health & AI

15:45 – 17:15 Breakout Room 3

Breakout 3 · Room 3. Digital Health and AI: From Pilots to Scalable, Revenue-Generating Health Enterprises.

Capacity 61 / 280
Filling fast
1 moderator · 6 panelists · 1 speaker
Excellence in Health Service Delivery Workshop Fri, Aug 21

Building the Future Health Workforce for East Africa

15:45 – 17:15 Breakout Room 4

Breakout 4 · Room 4. Human Capital: Building, Retaining and Monetising the Health Workforce as an Economic Asset.

Capacity 20 / 280
Filling fast
1 moderator · 4 panelists
Ceremony Sat, Aug 22

Opening Speech

09:00 – 09:15 Pan African Hall
1 speaker
Keynote Sat, Aug 22

Recap of Day 1

09:15 – 09:30 Pan African Hall
1 speaker
Local Manufacturing & Supply Security Panel Sat, Aug 22

Health Security in an Uncertain World - Strengthening pandemic preparedness, emergency response and regional resilience

09:30 – 11:00 Pan African Hall

Plenary · Pillar 02 — Local Manufacturing & Supply Security. Strengthening pandemic preparedness, emergency response and regional resilience.

1 moderator · 5 panelists
Break Sat, Aug 22

Health Break

11:00 – 11:30 Pan African Hall
Regional Integration & Trade Panel Sat, Aug 22

Made in Africa - Accelerating local manufacturing for health security, sovereignty, innovation and economic growth

11:30 – 13:00 Pan African Hall

Accelerating local manufacturing for health security, sovereignty, innovation and economic growth

1 moderator · 5 panelists
Break Sat, Aug 22

Lunch

13:00 – 14:00 Pan African Hall
Investment & Health Financing Panel Sat, Aug 22

Public–Private Partnership: Unlocking Investment for Health

14:00 – 15:30 Pan African Hall

Plenary · Pillars 03 & 04 — Investment & Regional Trade. Innovative partnerships to transform healthcare infrastructure, technology and service delivery.

1 moderator · 5 panelists
Local Manufacturing & Supply Security Ceremony Sat, Aug 22

MoU Signing Ceremony — Launch of the Private Sector Demand Aggregation and Pooled Procurement (PS-DAPP) Mechanism

15:30 – 15:50 Pan African Hall

Ethiopian Healthcare Federation (EHF) & Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Services — National Pooled Procurement Initiative.

2 speakers
Break Sat, Aug 22

Health Break

15:50 – 16:20 Pan African Hall
Panel Sat, Aug 22

Vision 2035: Shaping the Future of East Africa's Health Economy

16:20 – 17:20 Pan African Hall

High-level policy dialogue. Ministerial and private-sector dialogue — a shared roadmap toward a prosperous, innovative and integrated regional health ecosystem.

1 moderator · 9 panelists
Ceremony Sat, Aug 22

Addis Ababa Declaration on the Future of East Africa's Health Economy

17:20 – 17:30 Pan African Hall
Ceremony Sat, Aug 22

East African Healthcare Excellence Awards

18:00 – 20:00 Skylight Hotel

Gala dinner highlight. Celebrating transformative leadership, innovation and outstanding contributions to healthcare — inaugural EAHF International Healthcare Excellence Awards, with a traditional music & dance performance.

Keynote Sun, Aug 23

Briefing for Site Visits · EAHF Board Meeting & Election

09:00 – 09:30 Pan African Hall

EAHF Board convenes in parallel (incl. EAHF 2027 host selection).

Speakers to be announced
Workshop Sun, Aug 23

Site Visits, City Tour & Lunch

09:30 – 13:30 Off-site

Organised delegations.

Speakers to be announced
Keynote Sun, Aug 23

Reflection, Way Forward & Implementation Roadmap

13:30 – 15:00 Pan African Hall

The Adwa Commitment · entry of commitments into the Legacy Register and Annual Accountability & Monitoring Framework · handover toward EAHF 2027 · official close.

Speakers to be announced

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