activity
13 February
13:30-14:40
Auditorium
Nadine Karema
Executive Director, Partners in Health Rwanda/Inshuti Mu Buzima
MC
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director General, WHO
(video address)
Dra Monika Arora
Presidenta, Alianza de ENT
Prof. Joseph Mucumbitsi
Presidente, Alianza de ENT Ruanda
Vice-Chair of National Planning Committee for 2024, Global NCD Alliance Forum
Dr Gina Agiostratidou
Program Director, Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Dr Yvan Butera
Minister of State, Rwanda Ministry of Health
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony will be the first official session of the Global NCDA Forum, with remarks from high-level leaders from co-hosts (NCDA, Rwanda NCDA, and the Government of Rwanda), the primary sponsor of the Forum, and WHO. This session will welcome delegates, share the vision and objectives of the Forum, and set the scene, emphasizing the catalytic potential of leadership on NCDs towards the High-Level meeting on NCDs in 2025 and beyond.