This interdisciplinary training workshop is designed to enhance the capacity of African post-doc scholars and promote research and skills-sharing in the area of vaccine production and innovation among African countries.
Similarly, the pharmaceutical innovation system in Africa comprises various stakeholders such as governments, private sector companies, research institutions, and non-governmental organizations involved in the development, distribution, and regulation of pharmaceuticals. Hence, increasing the capability of African pharmaceutical firms to respond to public health emergencies is crucial. To this end, this interdisciplinary training workshop is designed to enhance the capacity of African post-doc scholars and promote research and skills-sharing in the area of vaccine production and innovation among African countries.
Time | Session | Expert |
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08:30 - 09:00 | Registration | |
09:00 - 09:30 | Opening Session: Welcome Remarks | |
1. AVPA | Prof. Padmashree Gehl Sampath | |
2. EAC RCE-VIHSCM | Dr. Stephen Karengera | |
3. German Embassy, Kigali | TBC | |
9:30 - 10:30 | Introductory Session: Measuring and Understanding the Vaccine Production and Innovation Ecosystem Framework | Prof. Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Harvard University |
10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00 - 11:30 | Introductions by participants and workshop aims | Dr. Bertha Vallejo Senior Research Associate, SARChi-TRCTI, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. |
Dr. Daria Kim, Max Planck Institute, Germany | ||
11:30 – 12:45 | Technology Transfer of Biopharmaceuticals, particularly Vaccines | Mr. Thomas Chataway, Lifesciences Consultant |
12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 – 15:15 | Building Regulatory Capacity for Vaccine Production | Dr. Jude Nwokike Vice President & Director, Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus (PQM+) Program, United States Pharmacopeia |
15.30-16.45 | Mass Vaccination and Public Health: Implementation Challenges | Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Assistant Professor, Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
16:15 – 16.45 | Coffee Break | |
16:45 – 17:45 | Recap Session by Workshop Facilitators | Dr. Bertha Vallejo Senior Research Associate, SARChi-TRCTI, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. |
Dr. Daria Kim, Max Planck Institute, Germany | ||
18:30 - 21:00 | Workshop Dinner and Networking |
Time | Session | Expert | |
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09:00 - 10:15 | Vaccine safety, Efficacy and Clinical Research | Dr. Danny Denolf, GIZ | |
10.15-11.15 | Intellectual Property Landscape in Africa: Considerations for Vaccine Production | Prof. Bryan Mercurio, Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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11:15- 11:45 | Coffee Break | ||
Workshop Photograph | |||
11.45-12.45 | Setting up a Vaccine Production Facility | Dr. Simon Agwele Director, African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative, South Africa (tbc | |
12:45 – 13:45 | A Review of Technology Transfer Agreements for Vaccines in Africa: What is Shared and How | Prof. Fred Abbott, Florida State University USA | |
13:45 - 14:15 | Lunch | ||
14:15 - 14:30 | Break-out Session Briefing | ||
14:30 - 16:15 | Break-out Sessions | ||
Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | |
R&D ecosystems for vaccines | Technology transfer for vaccines | Efficacy, clinical trials and health systems linkages | |
16:15 – 17:15 | Presentations of Break-out Sessions and Discussions | ||
17:15 - 17:45 | Workshop Recap | Dr. Bertha Vallejo | |
Dr. Daria Kim | |||
17.45-18.00 | Closing Remarks | Prof. Padmashree Gehl Sampath |