08:00 – 08:30
Registration
Arrival and registration (Picking of IDs)
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[ 5–11 November 2026 ]
Program
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Monday, 9 November
08:30 – 09:00
Plenary
Welcome Address
Speaker: Board Chair & President G4 Alliance
Secretary, Ghana Medical Association to be confirmed
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09:00 – 09:30
Plenary
Minister of Health or Deputy Minister Ghana
Speaker: Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh (Minister for Health, Ghana)
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09:30 – 10:30
Presentation
G4 Alliance Presentation – Key Initiatives
TBI as a notifiable condition · WHO OEM Pilot · PAHO Initiative as a Model for other regions (to be confirmed). G4 Alliance to arrange.
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10:30 – 11:00
Break
Morning Tea and Networking
Policy to Practice Posters
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11:00 – 11:30
Presentation
Presentation on SOTA Care Situation in Ghana and the need for NSOAP. The need in other African countries.
Speaker: Prof. Richard Adanu – Rector (Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons)
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11:30 – 12:00
Presentation
NSOAP Development Process
Speaker: Prof Afua Hesse / Dr. Donne Ameme (NSOAP consultant)
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12:00 – 13:00
Panel Discussion
NSOAP Implementation lessons and challenges – lessons learned from the Ghana surgical dialogue
Moderator: Dr. Eric Nsiah Boateng
- •Dr. Richard Selormey (General Secretary, Ghana Medical Association)
- •Mr. Benjamin Nyakutsey (Head, Policy Coordination, PPME – MoH)
- •Dr. Theresa Barnes (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ghana)
- •Selina Dussey (Quality improvement, MoH Ghana)
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13:00 – 14:00
Meal
Lunch and Networking
Policy to Practice Posters
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14:00 – 14:30
Presentation
Integration of NSOAP and ECO Care
Speaker to be confirmed
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14:30 – 16:00
Panel Discussion
Panel session on NSOAP development in Ghana and Africa in general – NSOAP Implementation lessons and challenges, what are the barriers
Moderator: Barnabas Alayande
- •Ghana – Dr. Robert Djagbletey (Anaesthesiologist, member NSOAP TWG)
- •Sierra Leone – MoH
- •Ivory Coast (Francophone)
- •Ethiopia – to be confirmed
- •Nigeria – Prof Ameh
- •Kenya (Michael M) MoH – Paul Odula
- •SADC – to be confirmed
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16:00 – 16:30
Break
Afternoon Tea and Networking
Policy to Practice Posters
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16:30 – 18:30
Round Table
Round Table discussion: “What needs to be done to make access to safe, timely, affordable Emergency, Critical and Perioperative Care a reality”
A continuum involving key Ghana clinical stakeholders, key other African stakeholders, key individuals with experience, government officials (MoH, MoFinance), WHO representatives and funders (World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Stanbic, philanthropists). Commitments to be encouraged by participants.
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19:30
Social
Cultural Event – Dinner, including official Hand over of the Presidency of the PC to Ric Henker
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