Global Surveillance
Summit 2024
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
THEME
IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS TO
COUNTER EMERGING PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS
A side event hosted by:
An Invitational Event
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – 8:30AM to 4:30PM | Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)
The recent widespread reaction to COVID-19, the most important outbreak in a century and probably not the last, has served as a reminder that we must all cooperate and seize this chance to act quickly to monitor, detect, and respond to be the best prepared for the next significant pandemic. Major funders, international organizations, civil society, and the corporate sector have all made attempts over the past almost four years to address the challenges of funding and collaboration, but the silos still exist. The Global Surveillance Summit will demand answers, highlight best practices for early warning detection, explore sustainable funding resources, strengthen public-private partnerships, and share knowledge with a feeling of urgency and purpose for everyone on the continent of Africa and beyond.
OUR AIM
Given the trusted track record of ISID’s Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) and the approach of crowd-sourcing innovation and early warning alerts, ISID and the esteemed Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are excited to launch the inaugural Global Surveillance Summit. This first step will convene leaders, innovators, frontline workers, and those invested in solving for the best solution to disease detection, for everyone to grasp a better awareness of the catastrophic risks of keeping silos.
This event is ideally positioned at the start of the 20th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID) in Cape Town, South Africa to bring key stakeholders together to develop and analyze evidence, energize a new generation of leaders, while ensuring this work is converted into practice around the world. Let’s consider how to conduct and evaluate national and international surveillance systems by identifying areas of improvement and priorities.
OUTPUTS
• The Africa CDC and ISID are committed to drafting a joint communique on sustainable investments to address emerging public health threats.
• Editorial in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID), which will hasten the knowledge of the current situation in terms of real-world epidemic intelligence difficulties and triumphs.
• Subsequent gatherings and activities to ensure the lessons learned are put into practice.
AGENDA
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07:45 AM - 08:30 AM
Check-in / Coffee-Tea
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08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Official Opening of Global Surveillance Summit at ICID 2024 – Opening Remarks from Africa CDC/ISID
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09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Overview - Africa CDC’s Perspective: Key Themes
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09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Presentations from State Leaders in Global Surveillance – Select Country Perspectives
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10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee Break
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10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Rapid Fire Sessions - Building Enduring Global Surveillance Practices - What Does it Take? Stakeholders and Partnership Development Workforce Training - MVPs/Lessons from the Laboratory (SLIPTA/SLMTA) Data Producers & Pipelines Funding Sources and Sustainability Innovation/Newest & Essential Sentinel Data Points for Early Warning Detection
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Key Steps toward Rapid Detection & Long-term Response: Lessons Learned
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12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch
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01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Findings from their Surveillance Sustainable Funding Analysis
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02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Looking Toward 2026…Are We Better Prepared?
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02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Public/Private Partnerships – A Moderated Panel Perspective - Winning Sustainable Partnerships within the Surveillance Community
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03:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Break
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03:20 PM - 04:00 PM
Statement Development – Next Convening – Global Surveillance Summit Steering Committee Constitution
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04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Closing Remarks – Photo Op & Adjourn
Africa CDC
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a public health agency of the African Union. It is autonomous and supports member states in strengthening health systems. It also helps improve disease surveillance, emergency response, and disease control.