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Dear Colleagues,
This is a gentle reminder about our webinar happening tomorrow, 23 October 2024, “What does a Gender-Just Climate Transition Mean for Health Systems in Africa?“ This webinar brings together a multidisciplinary panel to explore how a gender-just climate transition can strengthen health systems in the face of climate change, promoting gender equality, health equity, and planetary health. In this session, we will: Examine the concept of a 'just transition' and what it means for health systems strengthening in the context of climate change. Explore how health systems in Africa can integrate gender-just principles amid the climate crisis. Identify ways to balance immediate crisis recovery with long-term investments in gender-just transitions within health systems in Africa.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about how a gender-just transition can transform health systems resilience in the face of climate change.
Webinar Details: 📅 Date: 23 October 2024
🕛 Time: GMT 8 AM | SAST 10 AM | EAT 11 AM | MYT 4 PM
💻 Platform: Zoom and YouTube
For more information, you can contact the team at: afric...@gmail.com
Best regards,
Team of the African Regional Community of Practice on Gender and Health
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| | | | Nachilala Nkombo is a multi-award-winning African sustainability and innovation leader with over 20 years of experience in conservation and sustainable development. She co-founded the CAADP Non-State Actor's Platform and Women Leaders on Climate Action (WLCA) and serves as Country Director for Bridges to Prosperity Zambia. She chairs the board of Mulonga Water and Sanitation Company and previously served as Country Director for WWF Zambia, leading the organization's conservation strategy, including ESG initiatives in conservation, tourism, green finance, sustainable agriculture, and climate change. A member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel, she has held leadership roles with ONE.org, ActionAid International, and MS ActionAid Denmark. An economist by training, she holds a master's degree in public policy from the University of Potsdam, Germany, and is trained in ESG reporting. |
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| | Jalikatu Mustapha is the Deputy Minister of Health II in Sierra Leone, an ophthalmologist and public health leader with over a decade of experience. She advocates for health equity and access, particularly for vulnerable communities, overseeing clinical services, ambulance networks, SRH, child and adolescent health, mental health, and climate change initiatives. Dr. Mustapha leads efforts to strengthen Sierra Leone's health system, focusing on reducing maternal and child mortality through integrated health approaches. She is spearheading the scale-up of PReSTrack, a pregnancy tracking app, and championed the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Bill to enhance SRH access. As a child health advocate, she leads a national campaign to reduce child mortality and improve outcomes. She also established a Climate Health Unit to build resilience in the health system. Previously, she led the National Eye Health Program, focusing on blindness prevention and gender-focused initiatives, earning her the IAPB Eye Health Hero Award and recognition from Queen Elizabeth II. Dr. Mustapha practices ophthalmology part-time at Sierra Leone’s tertiary hospital and lectures at the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, engaging in research, teaching, and mentoring future health professionals. |
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| | Aggrey Aluso is the Director, Africa Region and global policy lead for the Pandemic Action Network, driving strategic advocacy efforts in Africa and globally. Aggrey also serves as the incoming Executive Director of Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA), PAN’s networked advocacy partner, where he is mobilizing advocates to champion an Africa-centric, globally facing resilience agenda. He brings over 15 years of experience in advancing intersectional justice, using citizen-led, rights-based approaches in Africa. Previously, he served as an Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa’s (OSIEA) Health and Rights program senior manager. Aggrey also coordinated the Open Society Africa (Pan Africa) Vaccine Justice to advance Africa’s vaccine-related research, development, and manufacturing. He served as the University of Manitoba’s Global Institute for Public Health’s East African Policy and Advocacy Manager. Aggrey holds a master's degree in Gender and Development from the University of Nairobi, a bachelor's degree from Egerton University, and certificates from INSEAD on Leading for results and Policy and Legislative drafting from the University of Johannesburg amongst others. |
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| | Katindi Sivi is among Africa’s top seven female Futurists for her contribution in Kenya’s and Africa’s policy space. She curates foresight research, analysis, and trainings to catalyze future smart and strategic decision-making processes. Dr. Sivi is an adjunct faculty member at Strathmore University Business School, teaching Masters students in Strategic Business and Management Programmes. She is a consultant with LongView Consult, and Africa Foresight Lab, which she founded to deepen foresight among African governments, organizations, professionals and young people. She is currently working as a foresight specialist with the UN to support the mainstreaming of foresight in African Governments and UN agencies. She occasionally does foresight trainings for global teams with partners like Institute for the Future, USA. Dr. Sivi is a founding member of the Global South Foresight Community, and an invited member of the World Economic Forum. To give back to society, she is currently serving as an Expert Committee Member of the Social and Human Sciences Programme of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO; she is the chair of Emerging Leaders Foundation board; and an Advisory Committee member of the Institute of Economic Affairs Futures Programme. Dr. Sivi holds a PhD in Strategic Foresight and Leadership from Regent University, Virginia Beach and has Strategic foresight training from Oxford University. |
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Hashim Hounkpatin is a medical doctor and public health researcher. With over 10 years of experience, he has extensively led projects in sexual and reproductive health, climate change equity, and health systems strengthening across Africa. Recently, he published a scoping review and case study in The Lancet Planetary Health on how health systems in sub-Saharan Africa are adapting to the health threats posed by climate change.
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