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Conference brochure18 CPD accredited conferences

Together for a healthier world

28–30 May 2019Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

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18 CPD accredited conferences

250+ world renowned speakers

Africa Health Exhibition & Congress is proud to present 18 healthcare conferences. Taking place from 28-30 May 2019 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. CPD credits to be announced soon.

Take away key insights and new knowledge during the three days of the show as more than 170 local and international speakers congregate to explore the latest healthcare advancements and practice standards through medical and non-medical conference tracks.

3 easy ways to reserve your placePlaces are very limited, register your place today!

Register online through www.africahealthexhibition.com/conference

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Your charitable donation

We will announce who the Charity Committee have chosen as the Official Charity for 2019 very soon!

All conferences are only R150 – R500 each if you confirm your delegate place before 5 May 2019. Proceeds from the Africa Health 2019 conferences will be donated to a local charity – last year more than R580,000 in conference proceeds was donated to local charity - RUDASA.

Africa Health Conferences past charities:

Africa Health Conferences 2019 is pleased to announce for the first time ever, the Official Charity Committee. The committee will be responsible for selecting the chosen local South African charity who will receive the conference proceeds from this year’s 18 conferences.

Meet the panel:

Prof Martin Veller, Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Rene Toua, Chief Clinical Officer, Mediclinic, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Bandile Masuku, Special Advisor to MEC, Gauteng Department of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa


Conference at a glance18 Healthcare Conferences

Conference Date

Nursing Conference 28-May

Biomedical Engineering Conference 28-May

Digital Healthcare Conference 29-May

Africa Health Leaders Forum 30-May

Ethics, Human Rights & Medical Law Conference 30-May

Healthcare Technology Lifecycle Management Conference 30-May

Emergency Medicine Conference 30-May

Medical Device Procurement Conference 30-May

Infectious Diseases Conference 30-May

Physio Conference 30-May

Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Conference 28 - 29 May

Medical Obstetrics Conference 28 - 29 May

Laboratory Medicine Conference 28 - 29 May

Healthcare Management Conference 28 -29 May

Imaging And Diagnostics Conference 28 -29 May

Public Health Conference 28 -29 May

CSSD - 2 Days 28 -30 May

CSSD - 3 Days 28 -30 May

Quality Management Conference 29 - 30 May

7th Nursing Conference28 May 2019

The annual Nursing Conference returns to Africa Health for its 7th edition providing the premier interdisciplinary forum for Nurses, Nursing Directors, Academics and Educators. As usual, our mandate is to provide a platform to discuss and debate the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, clinical challenges and the solutions adopted in the fields of nursing.

Theme: Nurse resourcing in Southern Africa

Key topics: � Nursing in South Africa – a hot potato?� Alternative approach to staff management� Panel discussion: Strategies to respond to nursing crisis� Case study: Nurse resource cost management

Benefits of attending: � Discuss the current nursing policy and its effect on the nursing

profession in the region� Ascertain whether education and training needs are being met � Debate strategies to respond to the nursing shortage from a

stakeholder perspective� Review nurse shortages in low-resource areas and how this can

be addressed

Speaker faculty:Chair:Dr Sharon Vasuthevan, Nursing Executive – South Africa, Life Healthcare Group, Johannesburg, South Africa

Speakers:

� Speaker TBC, Chief Executive Officer, Botswana Nursing Council, Gaborone, Botswana

� Estelle Jordaan, Nursing Executive, MediClinic Southern Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

� Fasie Smith, Group Nursing Manager, Lenmed Group, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Maureen Khoza, Head of Nursing Services, MSCL, Port Louis, Mauritius

� Dr Nelouise Geyer, Chief Executive Officer, Nursing Education Association (NEA), Pretoria, South Africa

� Patience Ntamane, Chief Nursing Officer, Gauteng Department of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Peggy Naicker, National Education Manager, Life Healthcare Johannesburg, South Africa

� Shannon Nell, Director - Nursing and Nursing Education, Netcare, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Sue Armstrong, Chairperson, Nursing Education Association (NEA), Pretoria, South Africa

� Dr Tendani Mabuda, Chief Nursing Officer, Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa

� Maureen Khoza, Head – Nursing services, Clinique Darn, Vacoas-Phoen

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/nursing

*Additional speakers to be confirmed



2nd Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Conference 28-29 May 2019

The 2nd Trauma Conference returns to the Africa Health portfolio with a distinct and exciting addition! Through the inclusion of Acute Care Surgery focused symposiums, this carefully designed programme aims to deliver advanced educational content for an even broader range of trauma and surgical professionals.

Theme: Enabling best practice in trauma and acute care surgery

Key topics: � New challenges in trauma care in South Africa� Advanced trauma and acute care surgical techniques � Decision making in trauma � Complex challenges� Burns trauma � Innovation in emergency challenges� Beyond the emergency department � Practical trauma emergency techniques

Benefits of attending: � Review regional procedure, and compare different national strategies,

to enable the development of trauma centers that are based upon optimal best practice

� Determine advanced acute care surgery techniques to better address your patient’s urgent treatment needs

� Gain unique practical skills for enhanced care provision � Evaluate best practice for dealing with novel polytrauma, disaster and

road traffic accidents� Consider how to implement innovative new technologies within your

treatment course, to further enhance patient treatment, experience and outcome

Hands on practical workshops include:� Disasters: Triage sieve and triage sort exercise� Chest drains and Foleys in the bleeding wound: Insertion and management� Ultrasound: Demonstration of E-Fast, peripheral ultrasound and acute

surgical conditions� Initial assessment and resuscitation: Equipment and management� CPR for trauma and acute care surgery: Theoretical and practical points� Urgent endoscopy for upper GIT bleeding� Demonstration of lower GIT emergencies management� Emergency application of external fixators

Speaker faculty:Chair:� Prof Frank Plani, Head of the Trauma Directorate, Chris Hani

Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Co-Chair of the Academic Division of Trauma Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Speakers:� Dr Athar Arain, Surgeon, Charlotte Maxexe Johannesburg

Academic Hospital, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Victor Sinovici, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, CHBAH, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Damian Clarke, Academic Head of Trauma Surgery, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Complex, Durban, South Africa

� Mr David Stanton, Head, Clinical Leadership, Netcare911, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Daniel Surridge, Colorectal Surgeon, Head, Colorectal Unit, CHBAH, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Denzel P Mogabe, Trauma Surgeon, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Trauma Surgeon, Netcare Union Level 1 Trauma Unit, Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Jacques Goosen, Trauma Surgeon, Head, Trauma Unit Union Hospital, Gauteng, South Africa

� Dr John Ouma, Neurosurgeon, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Jones Omoshoro-Jones, Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Head, Hepato-biliary- pancreatic Unit, CHBAH, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Liezel Taylor, Trauma Surgeon and Head, Tybergerg Hospital Traumna Unit, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

� Prof Mike Wells, Emergency Physician, Netcare Union Hospital; Adjunct Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Maeyane Steve Moeng, Head of Trauma, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Chairman of Trauma Academia, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Rachel Moore, Head, Acute Care Surgery Unit CHBAH, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Ramazani Muganza, Head, Burn Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Riaan Pretorius, Deputy Head, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Associate Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Sean Doherty, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Tim Hardcastle, Head, Trauma Surgery Sub-Speciality Training Program, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

� Dr Vicky Jennings, Surgeon, Associate Lecturer, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

In partnership with:

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/trauma

Day 2 Includes the Trauma workshop



2nd Biomedical Engineering Conference28 May 2019

With the Fifty Anniversary of the International Federation of Medical and Biomedical Engineering taking place next year, the 2nd Biomedical Engineering Conference during Africa Health will look to the future to reflect and strategize on the best methods to move forward. In conjunction with this theme, the Year of Biomedical Engineering will have its focus in South Africa in 2019.

Theme:Stakeholders in medical device innovation

Key topics: � Stimulation of the medical device industry in South Africa� Medical device network analysis� HTA early on in the life-cycle of innovative medical technologies � Stakeholders contribution towards local health technology needs

Benefits of attending: � Understand the industry environment for MDI start ups � Discuss recommendations to make South Africa self-sufficient in

medical devices in a panel discussion � Attend the BESSA AGM at the end of the conference day� Analyze the medical device startup space in South Africa, and what

needs to be done to make this grow

Speaker faculty:Co-chairs:� Mladen Poluta, Director: Health Technology, Western Cape

Government Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa / Board Member, Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment Divisions, International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (IFMBE).

� Dr Sudesh Sivarasu, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Speakers:� Dr Debjani Mueller, Hon Secretary, Southern African Health

Technology Assessment Society, Johannesburg, South Africa� Giancarlo Beukes, Co-Founder, Impulse Biomedical, Cape Town,

South Africa� Glaudina Loots, Director Health Innovation, Department of Science

and Technology, Pretoria, South Africa� Gokul Nair, Co-Founder, Impulse Biomedical, Cape Town, South Africa� Dr Kit Vaughn, CEO, Cape Ray, Emeritus Professor, UCT Biomedical

Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa� Mandi Bell, Cluster Manager, Special Projects, WESGRO, Cape Town,

South Africa� Dr Marc Nyssen, Secretary General, International Federation for

Medical and Biological Engineering, Brussels, Belgium� Prof Martin Nieuwoudt, Director, Institute for Biomedical

Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa� Professor Tania Douglas, Professor, University of Cape Town,

SARCHi – Biomedical Engineering and Innovation, Cape Town, South Africa

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/biomedical




7th Healthcare Management Conference28-29 May 2019

It is a pleasure to welcome back the Healthcare Management conference to the Africa Health portfolio! Into the 7th edition, with an all new format and exciting new topics, this agenda serves as a reflection of the revolutionary changes anticipated to occur across African healthcare management.

In partnership with: Supported by:

Theme: Day 1: Enabling patient centricity: Closing the gap between the patient

and the professionalDay 2: Mastering the foundations for excellence in healthcare management

Key topics: � Healthcare quality and the patient experience� The role and responsibility of pharma in patient care � Measuring success: the patient perspective� Leaders vs leadership � The role of digital healthcare and telemedicine in healthcare management � Law & order � Top tips, transformative tools and techniques

Benefits of attending: � Investigate how enhanced patience engagement will lead to

dramatically improved patient experience� Recognise new tools and technologies that will deliver top-tier quality

service with high return on investment � Understand how pharmaceutical companies plan to redefine their

role within healthcare considering low-middle income regions � Improve human resource skills and identify a retention strategy to

reduce high staff turnover and improve staff morale � Compare the latest healthcare technologies for balanced and

educated investment decisions for your healthcare organisation

Speaker faculty:Co-chairs: � Prof Dion du Plessis, Healthcare Consultant, Past Corporate Medical

Director, Netcare, Past Head, Urology, Past Dean, University of Pretoria, Netcare, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Maurice Goodman, Chief Medical Officer, Discovery Health, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Morgan Chetty, Chief Executive Officer, KwaZulu Natal Managed Care Coalition Ltd, The IPA Foundation of SA, Durban, South Africa

Speakers: � Dilip Naran, Head of Solutions, MedeMass & Mediswitch, Cape

Town, South Africa� Dr Gro Rosvold Berntsen, Chief Researcher, The National Center for

eHealth Research, Tromsø, Norway � Louis Steyn, Managing Director, Allergan Pharmaceuticals,

Midrand, South Africa � Luis da Silva, Managing Director, Healthbridge, Johannesburg,

South Africa� Sara Yaron, Patient Special Advisor, The International Society for

Quality in Health Care (ISQua), Netanya, Israel � Stavros Nicolaou, Senior Executive, Aspen Pharmacare, Chairman, The

South African Local Pharmaceutical Producers, Durban, South Africa� Dr Tony Behrman, Director, Independent Practitioners Association

Foundation (IPAF), Chief Executive Officer, Cape Primary Care / Qualicare IPA, Director, South African Medical Contracted Community (SAMCC), Cape Town, South Africa

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/management



9th Imaging & Diagnostics Conference28 -29 May 2019

The 9th Imaging & Diagnostics Conference will host over 300 attendees and experts for a riveting agenda featuring insights from practitioners in the continent. Heavy focus will be on radiology as a practice in Africa and its role in medicine within this context considering the current healthcare systems and their set-up. We will also address clinical topics giving attendees a well-rounded agenda with multiple focus areas.

Theme: Expensive technology - A growing challenge in Radiology for Africa

Key topics: � Prostate anatomy: radiologic-pathologic correlation� Diagnosis and staging of renal tumors� Image gently: One size does not fit All� Application of PIRADS 2 in triaging patients for prostate cancer:

Uganda experience� MRI findings in disease of the spinal cord

Benefits of attending: � Debate the techniques to diagnose and image patients more

efficiently and quickly in emergency and trauma situations� Conduct accurate diagnosis on complex cases in the new Registrar’s

case review session� Review novel imaging techniques to diagnose neurological images� Examine impact of new initiatives to prevent error in radiology

Speaker faculty:Chair:� Prof Sudhir Vinayak, President, African Society of Radiology;

Chairman of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Speakers:� Dr Geert Villeirs, President, Belgian Society of Radiology, Brussels,

Belgium� Prof Leon J van Rensburg, Professor Extraordinary, Radiology,

University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa� Dr Tarek El Diasty, President, Egyptian Society of Radiology &

Nuclear Medicine; Professor & Chairman Radiology; Division of Interventional Radiology, Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Radiology, Urology & Nephrology Centre, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

� Associate Prof Nasreen Mahomed, Chair, South African Society of Paediatric Imaging (SASPI); Acting Academic Head Radiology, University of Witwatersrand; Head of Clinical Unit, Diagnostic Radiology, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Omolola Mojisola Atalabi, President, World Federation of Pediatric Imaging(WFPI); President, Association of Radiologists in Nigeria (ARIN); Professor & Consultant Radiologist; Head - Paediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

� Prof Sudhir Vinayak, Treasurer, International Society of Radiology; President, African Society of Radiology; Chairman of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/imaging



6th Decontamination & Sterilisation (CSSD) Conference28-30 May 2019

The 6th edition of the Decontamination and Sterilisation (CSSD) Conference is a three-day scientific agenda carefully designed to equip delegates with the knowledge of the standards, complexities and challenges associated with the CSSD function and the comprehensive working skills required to deliver a high standard of care for patients and the healthcare community. The esteemed faculty comprising of local and international speakers will explore and share unique insight on the latest developments surrounding the issue of sterilisation and infection control in healthcare facilities.


Theme: Embracing the here and now

Key topics: � Management of container usage in the CSSD� Evolution of surgical draping standards in South African operating

theatres � Management of a CRE patient in a GI Unit� Masterclass: Loan sets the legal Implications� What’s new in the CRICE course (Company representative in the

clinical environment) � PPE in the CSSD� CSSD’s in Rwanda

Benefits of attending: � Debate the implementation of current standards – who is getting it right?� Identify and mitigate risks existing within CSSDs � Understand the importance of managing loan sets and the impact on

infection control� Discuss CSSD training and its real-life adoption within hospitals� Discover best practice from hospitals operating outside South Africa

and benchmark your hospital’s CSSD practices

Speaker faculty:Co-chairs:� Xana Jardine National Chairperson, CFSA, Johannesburg, South Africa� Marilyn de Meyer, President - Gauteng Chapter, Association for Peri

operative Practitioners in South Africa (APPSA); Theatre Manager, Life the Glynnwood Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Moderators:� Bev Le Bron, Experienced Nurse Educator: Operating Theatre,

Johannesburg South Africa� Connie Tshabalala, Unit Manager -Theatre/CSSD, Life the Glynnwood

Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa� Joyce Selesho, Clinical Tutor & Infection Control Facilitator, Louis

Pasteur Private Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa� Liana de Lange, CSSD Supervisor, MediClinic, Potchefstroom, South Africa� Marietjie du Toit, National Infection Prevention and Control Specialist

Nursing, Life Healthcare Group; Chairperson, Gauteng Infection Control Society, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Roger Sheard, South African Representative ISO TC 198 and SABS TC 1039, Cape Town, South Africa

� Sarona Matlala, Educator, Department of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa

Speakers:� Andrea Hayward, Post Graduate Coordinator, Department of Nursing

Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa� Carina de Kock, Nurse Educator: Operating Theatre, Mediclinic Ltd

Learning Centre Cape Region, Cape Town South Africa� Frances Hutchinson, Learning Centre Manager Mediclinic Ltd

Learning Centre Tshwane Region, Pretoria, South Africa� Jeff Hampton, Creator and Program Developer CRICE, Johannesburg,

South Africa� Lesley Devenish, National Priority Programs Coordinator, NHLS /

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa� Liezl Veldman, Unit Manager - Gastroenterology Unit, Netcare

Unitas Hospital Pretoria, South Africa� Marietjie du Toit, National Infection Prevention Specialist, Life

Healthcare Group; Chairperson, Gauteng Infection Control Society, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Maryna De Lange, Clinical Specialist, APPSA committee member, Halyard Health, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Michelle Mutch, Chairperson, Gauteng CSSD Forum, Pretoria, South Africa� Mike Hyslop, Managing Director, Priontex Micronclean, Cape Town,

South Africa� Dr Nelouise Geyer, CEO, Nursing Education Association, Pretoria,

South Africa� Rose Sakindi, Cardio Thoracic Scrub RN, Sanga Health Care, Kigalli Rwanda � Shakiera Sallie, Infection Prevention, Netcare Milpark Hospital,

Johannesburg South Africa� Dr Sharon Vasuthevan, Group Nursing and Quality Executive at Life

Healthcare, Johannesburg South Africa� Sanet Joubert, Infection Prevention Product Specialist, 3M

Johannesburg South Africa� Tanya Vogt, Executive Officer, South African Medical Device

Industry Association (SAMED), Johannesburg, South Africa� Terry McAuley, MSc Medical Device Decontamination,

Director, STEAM Consulting, Melbourne, Australia � Zondré Keevy, Leadership and Development Specialist, Mandal

Consulting, Johannesburg South Africa

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/cssd



Theme: Bringing all the specialities of laboratory medicine under one umbrella

Key topics: � Risk management in the clinical laboratory� New diagnostic probes for laboratory medicine� New developments in point-of-care testing and technologies� Latest updates in personalized patient diagnostics� Regulation of diagnostics around the Southern Africa region

Benefits of attending:� Discuss the importance of laboratory accreditation in ensuring quality of results� Review strategies to increase the number of clinical decisions based on laboratory results� Analyse new methodologies to diagnosing malaria

� Evaluate the latest innovations in clinical diagnostics

Speaker faculty: � Professor Tahir Pillay, President, South Africa Association for

Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Pretoria, South Africa

� Dr Lorna Madurai, Director, Global Labs, Durban, South Africa� Dr Chetna Govind, Microbiologist, Lancet Laboratories, Durban,

South Africa� David Moges, CEO, Sr. Aklesia Memorial Hospital, GM, Hema

Diagnostic Lab, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia � Professor Jaya George, Head of Department, Chemical Pathology,

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa� Dr Lee-Ann Philips, Haematopathologist, Red Cross Children’s

Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa� Professor Rajiv Erasmus, President Elect, African Federation of

Clinical Chemistry (AFCC), Professor and Head, Division of Chemical Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, NHLS Laboratories, Stellenbosch, South Africa

� Dr Robert Lukande, Anatomical Pathologist, USCAP International Ambassador, Head of Pathology Department, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Laboratory Medicine Conference NEW

28-29 May 2019

Joining the Africa Health Conferences for the first time is the newly developed Laboratory Medicine Conference. Looking to cover the latest developments and initiatives in diagnostics, disease surveillance and laboratory management, this conference will feature several well-rounded sessions targeted towards professionals in the field.

Taking place over the course of two days, this conference will bring together clinical laboratory professionals from all disciplines covering topics ranging from molecular diagnostics to haematology to microbiology.

Full agenda programme to be announced soon:

Supported by:



2nd Medical Obstetrics Conference28-29 May 2019

Carefully developed in partnership with the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, University of the Witwatersrand, the Medical Obstetrics conference returns to Africa Health for the 2nd edition with exciting content. Delegates can expect to hear from senior level experts, local and international, who will provide strategies for addressing common (and less common but equally dangerous) maternal conditions, the issue of mortality in low-resource settings, medico-legal challenges in obstetrics and the trending #blackmamasmatter.

Knowledge Partner:

Speaker faculty:Co-chairs:� Dr Edward Buga, Specialist Obstetrician & Gynaecologist & Critical

Care Fellow, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Lawrence Chauke, Chief Specialist & Clinical HOD, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg

� Dr Salome Maswime, Obstetrician & Gynecologist, University of Witwatersrand; Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Speakers:� Dr Adeline Boatin, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics,

Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

� Dr Amy Wise, Senior Consultant Obstetrician, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Bernard Uzabakiriho, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Netcare, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Fathima Paruk, Head - Department of Critical Care, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

� Dr Felicia Molokoane, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Femina Women’s Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa

� Dr Haroun Rhemtula, Gynaecologist & Obstetrician, Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Hennie Lombaard, Principal Specialist; Maternal and Fetal Medicine, University of Pretoria; Head of Department Clinical, Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Hlamatsi Jacob Moutlana, Anaesthetist, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Mushi Matjila, Gynaecologist & Obstetrician, Groote Schuur Hospital; Senior Specialist, UCT Private Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

� Dr Mokgohloe Tshabalala, Gynaecologist & Obstetrician, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Nirvashni Dwarka, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Netcare Mulbarton Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Tshililo J. Mashamba, Gynaecologist & Obstetrician, Sefako Makgatho University, Pretoria, South Africa

� Dr Xolani Mbongozi, Gynaecologist & Obstetrician, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Mthatha, South Africa

Theme: Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: Getting on with what works

Key topics: � Massive obstetric hemorrhage� Advances in the management of Pre-eclampsia� Keynote address: Inequalities in global health - #blackmamasmatter � Panel discussion: Advantages and disadvantages of pap smears

during pregnancy� Obstetric practice in 2019: A human rights approach� Obstetric trauma

Benefits of attending: � Discuss practical skills and procedures necessary to save the mother

and fetus in cases of obstetric trauma � Develop and encourage guidelines in the classification, diagnosis, and

management of aPL-positive patients � Review the correct diagnosis of massive and sub massive pulmonary

embolism for timely treatment � Debate airway management of pregnant women at delivery, with a

focus on management of the difficult airway � Critique ethical issues in pregnancy and their effect on maternal

treatment in obstetrics

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/obs



4th Public Health Conference28-29 May 2019

Carefully developed in partnership with PHASA and JuPHASA, the inaugural Public Health Conference returns to Africa Health for the 4th edition with a dedicated focus on recognising the key countries that have contributed to, and are integral in, the development of the healthcare policy within South Africa. Through the inclusion of an occupational health symposium, the programme will also commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the International Labor Association.

Speaker faculty:Chair:� Dr André Rose, President, Public Health Association of South Africa,

Bloemfontein, South Africa

Committee members:� Dr Atiya Mosam, Associate Lecturer, Community Health, University

of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa� Prof Felicity Burt, Prof/Medical Scientist, SARChI Vector borne and

zoonotic diseases, Division of Virology, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

� James Irlam, Chair, CEH SIG, Deputy Director, Primary Health Care Directorate, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

� James van Duuren, President: Health, SHAWCO, Cape Town, South Africa� Kesentseng Jackson Mahlaba, Junior Lecturer, Sefako Makgatho

Health Science University, Johannesburg, South Africa� Dr Spo Kgalamono, Head: Occupational Medicine Section, Senior

lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, National Institute of Occupational Health, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Speakers:� Dr Astrid Turner, Lecturer/Specialist, School of Health Systems and

Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa � Prof Barend Erasmus, Exxaro Chair, Global Change and Sustainability

Research, Director, Global Change Institute (GCI), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Boikhutso Maubane, Psychologist, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Colleen Davis, Executive Coach, Vuselela Davis, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Deborah Mattheus, Assistant Professor School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

� Dr Desmond dSa, Coordinator, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance, groundWork, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

� Dr Ishaaq Datay, Senior Lecturer and Specialist Physician, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

� Dr Jacqueline Weyer, Medical Scientist, Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Ruwayda Petrus, Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Human Sciences, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

� Dr Sophia Kisting, Occupational Medicine Specialist, Executive Director, National Institute for Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Mhlengi Magubane, Researcher, Cardiovascular Lab Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Thomas Mnguni, Community Activist, groundWork, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

� Prof Usuf Chikte, Executive Head: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa


Theme: Improving local health by employing global initiatives

Key topics: � Management and leadership � Public Health policy � Climate change� One Health and communicable disease � Occupational health � Youth considerations� Oral public health

Benefits of attending: � Assess how you can improve your leadership and management

approach to enhance the efficiency and productivity of your public healthcare provision

� Recognise the most recent developments within healthcare policy, to be updated with the latest knowledge and to ensure efficient and high quality public health services

� Understand concepts that contribute to the underlying causes of occupational illness and injury, to enable the development of cost-effective programmes that prevent injury and keep workers safe

� Discuss the complex interplay between climate change and public health considering both the regional and global impact

� Explore how forging co-equal, all-inclusive collaborations between physicians and all other scientific-health and environmentally related disciplines can achieve better public health outcomes

� Identify the prevalence of emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases and consider their effect on South African healthcare

View full agenda: africahealthexhibition.com/public



Digital Health Conference NEW

29 May 2019

As a new addition to the Africa Health Conferences, we are excited to explore real life case studies of digital health being used to enhance healthcare delivery in our day to day lives. With new technology and ideas increasingly being developed, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to build on the infrastructure and innovation. This conference will cover the work that is being done in the Southern African region, as well as ways to improve digital health maturity.

Theme: Digital health maturity: fulfilling the potential towards better patient care

Key topics:� Using design thinking to better the digital health system� E-health tools for hospital equipment management� Shifting towards a fully digital operation theatre � Digital health: the past, present and the future

Benefits of attending: � Understand how the patient plays a role in a sustainable digital

health system� Discuss how a solution-based approach can generate stronger health

innovation � Determine how it is possible to have information on mobile devices

for health care workers � Analyse various insights and lessons to implementing digital health

and maintaining sustainability Speaker faculty:Speakers:� Ivan van Rensburg, Operations and Development, Ican Automation,

Cape Town, South Africa� Dr Jill Fortuin Abrahams, Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town,

Cape Town, South Africa� Dr Marc Nyssen, Secretary General, International Federation for

Medical and Biological Engineering, Brussels, Belgium� Martin Weiss, Senior Technical Program Manager, Jembi Health

Systems, Cape Town, South Africa� Dr Nailah Conrad, Health Innovation, Division of Biomedical

Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa � Dr Sanjana Bhardwaj, Chief of Health, UNICEF Nigeria, Abuja,

Nigeria � Dr Tinashe Mutsvangwa, Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town,

Cape Town, South Africa� Vanessa Carter, Stanford MedX e-Patient Scholar, Johannesburg,

South Africa� Zuberi Muvunyi, Director General, Clinical and Public Health Services,

Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

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7th Quality Management Conference29-30 May 2019

The 7th Quality Management Conferences, gathers renowned industry experts at the continent’s largest CPD-accredited multi-track medical congress. The 2019 edition of this successful conference will focus on the issue of leadership, quality standards, tools and techniques for sustained improvement.

Theme: Public or private healthcare – quality is everyone’s business

Key topics: � Practical applications of quality in Ethiopia� Implementation of Lean at Groote Schuur Hospital� The impact of a mentored Lean programme at Leratong Hospital� Initiatives in private health care in Uganda� QI developments and innovations in the UK

Benefits of attending: � Gain clear knowledge on how clinicians can be empowered to drive

and sustain improvement� Review a variety of approaches to quality and improve excellence

within healthcare facilities � Discuss regulation and improvement and its implications for quality� Utilise different tools and techniques to improve patient care:

opportunities and the challenges

Speaker faculty:Chair:� Jacqui Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, The Council for Health

Service Accreditation of Southern Africa NPC (COHSASA), Cape Town, South Africa

Speakers:� Emmanuel Aiyenigba, Independent Health Systems Consultant,

ISQua Expert, Lagos, Nigeria� Garth Hankey, Improvement: Process Coordinator, Groote Schuur

Hospital, Cape Town Area, South Africa� Dr Gilbert Buckle, Executive Director, Africa Institute of Health

Quality Safety and Accreditation (AfIHQSA), Accra, Ghana� Grace Kiwanuka, Executive Director, Uganda Healthcare Federation,

Kampala, Uganda� Grey Dube, CEO, Leratong Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa� Prof Laetitia Rispel, President, World Federation of Public Health

Associations; DST/NRF Research Chair & Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Lauren De Kock, Regional Director: Continuous Quality Improvement and Training, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Nino Dal Dayanghirang, Technical Officer for Service Delivery, Quality and Safety (SQS), World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

� Pat O’Connor, Executive Director, QI Discovery, Dundee, Scotland� Russell Rensburg, Program Manager Health Systems and Policy, Rural

Health Advocacy Project, Johannesburg, South Africa� Dr Siphiwe Mndaweni, CEO, The Office of Health Standards

Compliance (OHSC), Pretoria, South Africa

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3rd Medical Device Procurement Conference30 May 2019

Back by popular demand, the Medical Device Procurement conference will return for it’s 3rd edition, in partnership with the professional expertise of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association of South Africa (MDMSA), the concise one-day educational programme serves as the premier platform for engagement between all senior stakeholders engaged in healthcare procurement, across the African region.


Theme: African procurement: through the looking glass

Key topics: � Procurement principles & processes � Ethical considerations � Quality management � Industrial procurement� Medical Device Regulation � E-Procurement

Benefits of attending: � Identify strategies and processes that support value-based

procurement and encourage high ROI� Consider the role of e-procurement and evaluate the parameters that it

presents in improving the efficiency and productivity of your procurement � Explore how to ensure quality, and identify the latest medical device

procurement regulations to ensure your organisation’s compliance � Discover how to remain ethical in the unethical healthcare

procurement playground

Speaker faculty:Committee members� Anton Coetzee’, Committee Member, Medical Device Manufacturers

Association of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa� Lindsay Curran, Managing Director, VIVA Medical, Cape Town,

South Africa � Marlon Burgess, Chief Executive Officer, MDG Health Solutions,

Committee Member, SAMED, Johannesburg, South Africa � Simone Rudolph Shortt, Consultant Pharmacist, Technical and Regulatory

Consultant, Rudolph-Shortt Consultancy, Durban, South Africa � Ruwaida Shaikh, Vice-Chair, SAMED, Managing Director, Batho Pele

Healthcare, Johannesburg, South Africa

Speakers:� Andrea Julsing Keyter, Deputy Director, Medical Devices, Medicines

Control Council, Johannesburg, South Africa� Dr Jonah Manjari, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Medical Supplies

Authority, Nairobi, Kenya� Martha Smit, Partner, Fasken, Johannesburg, South Africa � Prof Martin Nieuwoudt, Director: Institute for Biomedical Engineering

(IBE), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa � Mladen Poluta, Director: Health Technology, Western Cape Government

Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa / Board Member, Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment Divisions, International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (IFMBE)

� Rene Linde, Business Development Executive, Certification, Training South Africa; Medical Devices META, BSI Group, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Sudesh Sivarasu, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

� Tanya Vogt, Executive Officer, The South African Medical Technology Industry Association, Randburg, South Africa

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Infectious Diseases Conference NEW

30 May 2019

The new one-day Infectious Diseases Conference will offer delegates high profile speakers, as well as exposure to less discussed issues, such as the underdiagnosed hepatis E virus in the region. The agenda is designed to provide delegates the latest information in the diagnosing, treating and preventing of a wide range of common, significant and lesser known infectious diseases. The scope and nature of the presentations will deliver up-to-date information for all medical professionals in the focal area of infectious disease.

Theme: Combatting the looming concerns over infectious diseases

Key topics: � Underdiagnosed infectious diseases: The Hepatitis E Virus

� Early infant diagnosis and treatment of HIV

� Antifungal drugs: Are we in post antibiotic era?

� Paediatric TB

Benefits of attending: � Evaluate the most common problems in treating preventable diseases

� Understand various public policies implemented to strengthen health systems

� Analyse new viral vaccine developments

� Discuss the necessary methods to achieving global solutions towards antibiotic resistance

Speaker faculty:Chair:

� Professor Wolfgang Preiser, Head, Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and NHLS Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Speakers:

� Professor Adriano G Duse, Chief Specialist, Chair & Academic Head, Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology of the NHLS & University of the Witwatersrand, Director, Division of Hospital Epidemiology & Infection Control (HEICS), Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Aijaz Ahmad, Senior Medical Scientist, Division of Infection Control, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Lecturer, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Professor Anna-Lise Williamson, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine & Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

� Dr Ashendri Pillay, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, King Edward VIII Hospital, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

� Dr Gloria Kgosana, Director, Health Systems Strengthening, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Kate Braithwaite, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Empilweni Clinic, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Karl-Gunter Technau, Senior Medical Officer, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Coronation Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Izukanji Sikazwe, CEO, Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Lusaka, Zambia

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9th Ethics, Human Rights And Medical Law30 May 2019

The 9th Ethics, Medical Law and Human Rights conference is the most sought after and well-established medical ethics Conference in South Africa. With a variety of unique, topical and debatable themes and topics each year this is the only conference where healthcare professionals can earn those all-important ethical CPD points required for practising physicians.

Theme: Mental health ethics, the legalization of cannabis and the ethics of organ donation

Key topics: � Suicide, Depression and Mental Health Ethics in Africa� Ethical, Legal, and Social issues surrounding legalization of Cannabis

in South Africa and Globally� Ethics of Organ Donation by HIV Positive Donors to HIV Negative

donors and Others

Benefits of attending: � Discover the pros and cons of organ donation by HIV positive donors

to HIV negative donors� Discuss the legalities and social determinants around the legalization

of cannabis � Debate the ethical impacts on rising suicide rates � Analyse mental health ethics in Africa with a particular focus on

depression and suicide

Speaker faculty:Chair:� Prof Sylvester C Chima, MD, LLM, Associate Professor and Head:

Programme of Bio & Research Ethics and Medical Law, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Speakers:� BJ Pillay, Department of Behavioral Medicine, Nelson R Mandela

School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

� Prof David Ndetei, Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director of Africa Mental Health Foundation, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

� Dr Frans Korb, Director, SADAG (South African Depression and Anxiety Group), Johannesburg, South Africa

� Harriet Etheredge Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Heidi Hjelmeland, Professor, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health

� Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

� Jared Francis, Industry Relations Manager, SERR Energy, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Physio Conference NEW

30 May 2019

Africa Health presents the first Physio conference as part of the 9th Edition. Welcoming an all-encompassing range of physio professionals, this expert led one-day programme will focus on “strengthening physiotherapy management in Africa”.

Regional and internationally renowned physiotherapy specialists will provide comprehensive education by identifying the best practice for utilising physiotherapy to manage noncommunicable disease, considering the role of movement in health, and discussing how to achieve sustainable development and a better Africa by 2030 by addressing the WHO Rehabilitation 2030 Call for Action.

Theme: Strengthening physiotherapy management in Africa

Key topics: � A better Africa by 2030

� Physiotherapy management of noncommunicable diseases

� Achieving ‘Sustainable Development Goal 3’ by 2030*

� Movement for health

� Practical workshops: Exercise testing and proper prescription

Benefits of attending: � Discuss the importance of physiotherapy in the management of

noncommunicable disease and

� Review strategies to successfully achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3 by 2030 (SDG 3)

� Explore the role of movement in advancing overall patient health

� Develop practical skills to improve exercise and prescription recommendation, enabling better patient care

Speaker faculty:Co-chair:

� Natascha Plani, Partner, Plani, Laidler, Fleishman, Sklaar and Associates Physiotherapy, Gauteng, South Africa

� Dr Alison Lupton-Smith, Division of Physiotherapy, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Speakers:

� Alta Kloppers, Owner & Dietician, Alta Kloppers & Associates, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Aimée Stewart, Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Andrew Heilbrunn, Head Biokineticist, CDE Houghton Biokinetic Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Esther Munalula Nkandu, Physiotherapist and Bioethicist, Founder Dean, School of Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

� Jacqui Schewitz, Director, Schewitz Physiotherapists and Krawitz & Lelaka Physiotherapists, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Ronel Roos, Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Sandy Lord, Physiotherapist, Sandy Lord Physiotherapy, Gauteng, South Africa

� Prof Veronica Ntsiea, Associate Professor, Physiotherapy Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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4th Emergency Medicine Conference30 May 2019

The 4th Emergency Medicine Conference and Exhibition returns to Africa Health even bigger and better for 2019!

Now in partnership with both the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa (EMSSA) and the Emergency Care Society of South Africa (ECCSA), the unparalleled agenda will explore the unique challenges, and the upmost best practice, when considering pre-hospital emergency care. Progressive emergency department tools and techniques will also be considered.


Speaker facultyCo-chairs:� Prof Andrew Makkink, President, Emergency Care Society of South

Africa (ECCSA), Lecturer, Department of Emergency Medical Care, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Prof Lee Wallis, Professor and Head of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

� Dr Roger Dickerson, President, Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa (EMSSA), Cape Town, South Africa

Speakers:� Dr Andreas Engelbrecht, Head of Division of EM, University of

Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa � Prof Feroza Motara, Head of the Division of Emergency Medicine,

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Area, South Africa� Jamlick Karumbi, Epidemiologist/Pharmacist, Ministry of Health,

Epidemiologist, East African Kidney Institute, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

� Prof Pankaj G. Jani, President, College of Surgeons, East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), Vice Chair, Executive Committee, Interim Board of Directors, G4 Alliance, Maryland, Baltimore, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Firm 1 General Surgery, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

� Rene Grobler, National Quality and Systems Manager - Trauma and Emergency, Netcare Milpark Hospital, Acting Trauma Programme Manager, TSSA Level I Trauma Centre, WITS Academic Trauma Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Ryan Matthews, Paramedic Educator and Researcher, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

� Sean Buchanan, Clinical Research Scientist and Educator, Operation Manager, Africa Institute of Emergency Medicine, Founder Chairman, SA Search and Rescue Institute, Board Member, Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa, Board member and Chairman, The Wilderness and Expedition Medicine Society of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Dr Simpiwe Sobuwa, Head of Department, Emergency Medical Care, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

� Prof Terrence M. Mulligan, Board Member, The International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM), Co-founder and Vice President, The IFEM Foundation, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Associate Faculty, Institute for Global Health, Director, International EM Program, Board Member, American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), Edgewater, Maryland

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Theme: Enhancing emergency medicine by bridging gaps between emergency professionals

Key topics: � Progressive Emergency Department technique� Pre-hospital emergency care � Multidisciplinary working and supporting the emergency physician � Unique case management

Benefits of attending: � Discover the latest and most innovative techniques in managing the

emergency department � Explore challenges to be overcome when providing pre-hospital emergency

care and identify the best practice that will improve patient outcomes � Discuss the impact of multidisciplinary working when providing

emergency medicine and consider how the different departments can support overall better patient experience

� Recognise how to best address and manage novel medical emergency cases




Healthcare Technology Life-Cycle Management Conference 30 May 2019

For the 2019 edition of the Healthcare Technology Life-Cycle Management Conference, the two main themes that will be explored include engineering asset management and universal health coverage. Engineering asset management includes both health technology and infrastructure, and these need to be aligned for effective healthcare delivery. Focusing on this, while also covering universal health coverage will look closer into the questions of how they both are related, and how effective engineering asset management is a key enabler of universal health coverage.

Speaker facultyCo-chairs:� Mladen Poluta, Director: Health Technology, Western Cape

Government Department of Health (WCGH), South Africa / Board Member, Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment Divisions, International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (IFMBE)

� Mohamed Bera, Group Engineering & Procurement Manager, Lenmed Healthcare, South Africa

Speakers:� Andre Jordaan, Partner Consultant, Pragma Africa, Cape Town,

South Africa � Debjani Mueller, Independent Health Technology Assessment

Consultant, International Network of Health Technology Assessment Associations (INAHTA), Johannesburg, South Africa

� Eddie Herrmann, National Technical Manager, Netcare Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Hylton Schwenk, Executive Manager, Sakhiwo Health Solutions, Bisho, South Africa

� Prof Marc Nyssen, Professor of Medical Informatics (retired), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium / Treasurer & Member, Administrative Council, International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (IFMBE), Brussels, Belgium

� Peter Casey, Operations Executive, Tsebo Facilities Solutions, Cape Town, South Africa

� Peta de Jager, Research Group Leader, Architectural Engineering, Building Science and Technology, Built Environment, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa

� Riaan van der Watt, Managing Director, REAF Consulting, Pretoria, South Africa

� Solani Khosa, Director, Infrastructure Unit, National Department of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa

� Stuart Gray, Independent Healthcare Technology Management Consultant, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Theme: Sustainable Facilities & Engineering Asset Management (FEAM) solutions as enablers of Universal Health Coverage

Key topics: � Facility Management (ISO 41000 Series) & Engineering Asset

Management (ISO 55000 Series) � The enabling and supporting role of FEAM in sustainable Universal

Health Coverage � FEAM-related experiences and challenges in public and private

healthcare sectors� Sustainable FEAM solutions – quo vadis?

Benefits of attending: Participation at this conference will empower attendees in:� Appreciating the supporting role of FEAM in healthcare delivery� Recognising FEAM-related challenges faced in public and private

healthcare sectors� Identifying the linkages between FEAM and Health Technology Life-

Cycle Management � Understanding key requirements for FEAM-related solutions in

constrained application environments� Evaluating in-house vs off-the-shelf vs outsourced vs partnering vs

open-source FEAM-related solutions


Africa Health Leaders Forum30 May 2019

The Africa Health Leaders Forum gathers premier thought-leaders across the private and public spectrum to identify n deliberate on the latest drivers transforming the healthcare industry on the continent. This 1-day flagship conference showcases the most topical issues in healthcare in relation to the future of medicine a well as the wider healthcare leadership and management.

Theme: The future of healthcare today: Re-envisioning Africa’s healthcare system

Key topics: � Modernising healthcare in today’s consumer-based economy� Keynote panel: 2020 and beyond - top concerns for healthcare

leadership and how to address them� Public Health within an integrated health system – can it work?� Keynote panel: What will be the biggest disrupters to health tech in

Africa in the next decade?� The future of African healthcare is female?� Millennial leadership development in Africa’s healthcare ecosystem

Benefits of attending: � Hear the latest thinking on what the market conditions will be for

healthcare and determine what is next for healthcare in the region� Acquire actionable insights for your healthcare organisation while

engaging with influential people in one place at one time� Gain exposure to new strategic concepts, companies and thought

leaders from across the healthcare industry� Discuss forward-thinking trends, case studies and healthcare

imperatives� Network in the ideal executive environment

Speaker facultyChair:� Dr Amit Thakker, Chairman of the Board, Africa Healthcare

Federation, Nairobi, Kenya

Speakers:� Dr Rene Toua, Chief Clinical Officer, Mediclinic International, Cape

Town, South Africa � Bolatito Ovio, Executive Director, Helium Health, Lagos, Nigeria� Dr Mohamed El-Sahili, CEO, Medland Health Services, Lusaka,

Zambia� David (Dawit) Moges, CEO, Sr Aklesia Memorial General Hospital;

CEO, Hema Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia� Dr Ola Orekunrin, Managing Director, Flying Doctors Nigeria, Lagos,

Nigeria

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Nursing Conference 28 May 150 11 350 26

Biomedical Engineering Conference 28 May 150 11 350 26

Digital Healthcare Conference 29 May 150 11 350 26

Africa Health Leaders Forum 30 May 500 37 600 44

Ethics, Human Rights & Medical Law Conference 30 May 150 11 350 26

Healthcare Technology Life-Cycle Management Conference 30 May 150 11 350 26

Emergency Medicine Conference 30 May 150 11 350 26

Medical Device Procurement Conference 30 May 150 11 350 26

Infectious Diseases Conference 30 May 150 11 350 26

Physio Conference 30 May 150 11 350 26

Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Conference 28 - 29 May 250 18 450 33

Medical Obstetrics Conference 28 - 29 May 250 18 450 33

Laboratory Medicine Conference 28 - 29 May 250 18 450 33

Healthcare Management Conference 28 -29 May 250 18 450 33

Imaging And Diagnostics Conference 28 -29 May 250 18 450 33

Public Health Conference 28 -29 May 300 22 500 37

CSSD Conference - 2 Days 28 -30 May 250 18 450 33

CSSD Conference - 3 Days 28 -30 May 300 22 500 37

Quality Management Conference 29 - 30 May 300 22 500 37

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Conference brochure - CEASA · Conference brochure 18 CPD accredited conferences Together for a healthier world 28–30 May 2019 Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa