OPENING ADDRESS
Chaired by Dr Abdulaziz Mohammed – Head of Division, Disease Control and Prevention | Ag Head of Division, Surveillance, Africa CDC 

• Opening Remarks by Dr Ahmed Ogwell – Deputy Director, Africa CDC
• Opening Remarks by Dr Nick Nwankpa – AG Director, AU-IBAR and PANVAC

AFRICA CDC ONE HEALTH UPDATE
Chaired by Dr Abdulaziz Mohammed – Head of Division, Disease Control and Prevention | Ag Head of Division, Surveillance, Africa CDC 

• The Development and Implementation of Africa CDC’s One Health Framework for NPHIs presentation by Dr Wande Alimi – AMR and One Health Programme Coordinator, Africa CDC and Dr Stephanie Salyer – Technical Advisor, Africa CDC

AU-IBAR ONE HEALTH UPDATE
Chaired by Dr Abdulaziz Mohammed – Head of Division, Disease Control and Prevention | Ag Head of Division, Surveillance, Africa CDC 

• AU-IBAR One Health Update presentation by Dr Hiver Boussini – Senior Animal Health Officer, AU-IBAR

PANVAC ONE HEALTH UPDATE
Chaired by Dr Abdulaziz Mohammed – Head of Division, Disease Control and Prevention | Ag Head of Division, Surveillance, Africa CDC 

• PANVAC One Health Update presentation by Ms Ethel Chitsungo – Head, Vaccine Quality Control, AU-PANVAC

COUNTRY PRESENTATION
Chaired by Dr Wessam Mankoula – Incident Manager for COVID-19 and Lead of Emergency Operations Center, Africa CDC

• One Health Approaches to COVID-19 in South Africa presentation by Dr Misheck Mulumba – Senior Manager Research, ARC Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute

REC PRESENTATIONS
Chaired by Dr Lul Riek – Regional Coordinator, Southern Africa Regional Collaborating Centre, Africa CDC

• One Health Data Platform presentation by Dr Virgil Lokossou – Head of Division – Emergency Preparedness and Response/ECOWAS Regional Center for Surveillance and Disease Control, West African Health Organisation (WAHO)
• EAC Regional One Health Strategy presentation by Mr Timothy Wesonga – Pandemic Preparedness and One Health Advisor, EAC-GIZ
• SADC AMR Activities presentation by Dr Gaolathe Thobokwe – Program Officer Livestock, SADC Secretariat

HOT TOPIC PRESENTATIONS
Chaired by Dr Ebere Okereke – Honorary Senior Public Health Adviser to the Director, Africa CDC

• Characterization of Bunyamwera, Batai, and Ngari Viruses: Unrecognized Arboviruses of One Health Importance in Rwanda presentation by Dr Marie Fausta Dutuze – Faculty / One Health Thread Coordinator, Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture
• Integrated Bite Case Management (IBCM): The Best Way to Strengthen Collaboration between Health and Veterinary Sectors, Increase Rabies Case Detection and Save More Lives presentation by Mr Kennedy Lushasi – Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute
• Resistant E. Coli in Environmental Wastewater in Kinshasa presentation by Dr Marc Yambayamba – Lecturer in the Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Kinshasha School of Public Health (KSPH)

Please take a moment to view eight exceptional poster presentations in the following “hot topic” categories:

COVID-19 & ONE HEALTH:

• Low Lassa Fever Case Count and the COVID-19 Response in Nigeria: A Cursory Review of the 2021 COVID-19 and Lassa Fever Surveillance Data from January to May 2021
• New Zoonotic Coronavirus Pandemic: The Application of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) from the Perspective of One Health
• Harnessing Interpersonal Communication and Trusted Leadership to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake in Hard-to-Reach Wildlife Communities in Uganda
• Involvement of the African Veterinary Laboratories of the MediLabSecure Network in the COVID-19 Crisis

RABIES & ONE HEALTH: 

• Incidence and Seroprevalence of Rabies Virus in Humans, Dogs and Other Animal Species in Africa, a systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
• Improving Surveillance of Human and Animal Rabies in Centre Region of Cameroon from 2019 to 2020
• Mass Dog Vaccination Against Rabies – Itezhi-Tezhi District, Zambia, 2021
• Stepwise Approach Towards 2030 – Eliminating Rabies in Tanzania using One Health Approach

PANEL SESSION: PARTNER TOOLS
Chaired by Dr Raji Tajudeen – Head of Public Health Institutes and Research Division, Africa CDC

• Multisectoral, One Health, Coordination Mechanism Operational Tool, an Operational Tool of the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide presentation by Dr Stéphane de La Rocque – Technical Advisor / Head of the Human-Animal Interface Team, World Health Organization Emergency Program and Dr Kaylee Myhre Erracaborde – Technical Officer, World Health Organization
• Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) Operational Tool and Lessons Learnt on its Operationalisation presentation by Dr Sophie von Dobschuetz – Global Surveillance Coordinator, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• The Power of Collaboration: Applying a One Health Approach to Prioritize Zoonotic Diseases presentation by Dr Casey Barton Behravesh – Director One Health Office, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Surveillance and Information Sharing Operational Tool (SISOT) presentation by Dr Willington Bessong Ojong – Country Team Leader Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Uganda, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
• Rabies Mobile Applications presentation by Dr Terence Scott – Technical Lead Rabies, Global Alliance for Rabies Control and Dr Andy Gibson – Director of Strategy & Research, Mission Rabies
• One Health Monitoring and Evaluation Tool presentation by Dr Serge Nzietchueng – One Health Coordinator, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Panel Discussion