Speakers
Keynote Speakers
- Mutahi Kagwe, Health Cabinet Secretary
- Dr Githinji Gitahi, CEO Amref Health Africa
Session 1: Country Preparedness and Response Performance
Moderator: Dr. Angela Migowa, Aga Khan University
Dr Patrick Amoth, Director General, Ministry of Health
- Kenya’s Pandemic response systems and capacities
Dr Susan Kaguchia (PHD), Public Health Specialist
- Preparedness vs performance
- Response measures vs outcomes
Dr Nancy Booker, Dir, Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Media and Communications, Aga Khan University
- Information flows: The role of the media and communications in pandemic Response Confirmed
Majid Twahir, Chief of Staff and Associate Dean, Clinical Services, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
- Elevated health system risks and reduced access to health services
- COVID-19 focus vs other urgent medical needs/critical health services
Dr Mohammed Kuti, Governor, Isiolo County and Chair of the Health Committee in the Council of Governors
- The role of counties in the pandemic response
Session 2: Socio-Macro-Economic Disruptions & Socio-Economic Interventions
Moderator: Dr. Sam Kamau, Aga Khan University
Prof XN Iraki, Associate Professor, University of Nairobi
- Economic shocks and contractions and Labour market disruptions- an analysis of government interventions
Prof Lukoye Atwoli, Dean, Medical College in East Africa, Aga Khan University
- Balancing containment measures with the socio-economic impacts & the Securitization of response to a health issue
Priscilla Nyokabi, Gender Commission
- Effects of Covid-19 on the social fabric and the differentiated gender impacts
Mercy Mwangangi, Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Health
- Building resilience- Strengthening capacities and systems
Prof Khama Rogo, Founder, Centre for the Study of Adolescence
