U.S.-Africa Private Sector Health Forum

November 20-21, 2008
The Washington Court Hotel
Washington, DC

On November 20-21, 2008, The Corporate Council on Africa was pleased to host representatives from U.S. and African businesses and governments at the 2008 U.S.-Africa Private Sector Health Forum, which took place at The Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. Participants included senior U.S. and African private and public sector leaders, leading companies and entrepreneurs with investments in African health, financial institutions facilitating private sector investments in Africa, and international, regional and bilateral institutions supporting private sector partnerships.

To download a copy of the complete agenda from the Private Sector Health Forum, including information on speakers, workshops, and plenary sessions, please Click Here.

Speakers included:

• Barbara Addy, Chief of Party, Health Initiatives for the Private Sector, USAID/Uganda
• Patrick Alubbe, Country Director/Kenya, WaterPartners International
• Dr. Paul Antony, Chief Medical Officer, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
• Dr. Ladi Awosika, CEO, Total Health Trust (HMO in Nigeria)
• George Baguma, Marketing Director, Quality Chemical Industries
• Peter Ballinger, Director, Business Development
• Alex Banful, Managing Director, Ghana Social Marketing Foundation International
• Dr. Andrew Barrer, Executive Director, U.S. Coalition for Child Survival
• Dr. Iain Barton, CEO, Pharmaceutical Healthcare Distributors - A Division Of The Fuel Logistics Group (Pty) Ltd
• Dr. Ruth Berg, Project Director, Private Sector Partnerships-One (PSP-One), Abt Associates
• Paurvi Bhatt, Director of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care, Levi-Strauss & Co.
• Dr. Peter Botha, CEO, Liberty Health
• Patrizia Carlevaro, Head of the International Aid Unit, Eli Lilly and Company
• Dr. Adel Chaouch, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Marathon Oil Corporation
• Mark E. Chiaviello, Director, Corporate and Investment Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa
• Dr. Ian Clark, CEO, International Hospital Kampala (IHK)
• Guy Ellena, Director, Health and Education, IFC
• Dr. Gunther Faber, CEO, HealthStore Foundation
• Dr. Frank Goodrich Feeley, Associate Professor, Department of International Health, Center for Health and Development-Boston University School of Public Health
• Leslie Flinn, Managing Director of Healthcare & Human Capacity Practice, Emerging Markets Group
• Renuka Gadde, Director of Corporate Giving, Becton, Dickinson and Company
• Michael Gehron, Public-Private Partnerships, USAID/Tanzania
• Charles C. Griffin, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution
• Marianne Guerin-McManus, Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U. S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program
• Trevor Gunn, Director, International Relations, Medtronic
• Tom Haslett, CEO, Seven Seas Capital Management, LLC
• Dr. E. K. Hiadzi, Medical Director, Lister Hospital and Fertility Centre, Ghana
• Osagie Imasogie, Senior Managing Partner, Phoenix IP Ventures LLC
• Omer Imtiazuddin, Health Portfolio Manager, Acumen Fund
• Dale Jones, CEO, PlayPumps International
• Hank Kearney, President, PHM International
• Dr. Hannah Kettler, Director Global Health Policy & Advocacy, Gates Foundation
• Petra B. Krauledat, Chief Executive Officer, Point Care Technologies
• John Larkin, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Alice T. Liu, Principal and Founder, Emerging ICT Group
• Elaine C. Mackenzie, Founder and Chief of International Operations, Health Careers of America
• Dr. Ernest Madu, Founder, Heart Institute of West Africa
• Thomas Maeder, Executive Director, Medical Technology Learning Institute (MTLI), AdvaMed
• Steve Maina, Group Head of Strategy, AAR Holdings Limited
• Marty Makinen, Managing Director, Results for Development
• Dr. Leslie Mancuso, President and CEO, Jhpiego
• Michael Matsiko, Executive Director, Uganda Private Midwives Association
• Romuald Mbwasi, Senior Technical Advisor, MSH
• Joe McKee, Head of Research and Idea Generation, Cause Investments
• Nazeem Mohamed, CEO/General Manager, Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
• Dr. Joe Molete, CEO, BioPAD
• Stavros Nicolaou, COO, Aspen Pharmaceuticals
• Onike Nicol-Houra, Information and Communication Officer, Private Sector Operations, African Development Bank
• Prof. D.A.O. Orinda, Regional Manager, Abbott Diagnostics Division, Phillips Healthcare Technologies Ltd.
• Conrad Person, Director of International Programs and Product Giving, Johnson & Johnson
• Fran Quigley, Director of Operations of the IU-Kenya Partnership, Indiana University School of Medicine/Moi University School of Medicine
• Jeff Richardson, Vice President, Abbott Fund
• Daniel Runde, Head of Partnership Development, IFC
• Dr. John Sargent, President & Co-founder, BroadReach Healthcare
• Onno Schellekens, Managing Director, PharmAccess Foundation
• Nii Simmonds, African Blogger, Nubian Cheetah Health Blog
• Dr. Peter A. Singer, Senior Scientist and Professor of Medicine, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network, University of Toronto
• Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Merck & Company, Inc.
• Madiké Seye, Vice President - Sub Saharan Africa, GSK
• Claire Thwaites, Head of The Vodafone Foundation & United Nations Foundation Technology Partnership, United Nations Foundation
• Dr. Bart Vander Paeste, CEO, Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS (ALAFA)
• Diane Willkens, President and CEO, Development Finance International (on behalf of Philips Electronics)
• Holly Wise, President, Wise Solutions, LLC
• Christy L. Wistar, Vice President, Abbott Fund Tanzania
• Prashant Yadav, Professor of Supply Chain Management, Zaragoza Logistics Center, MIT Center
• Debrework Zewdie, Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program, The World Bank

Contact Information:

The Corporate Council on Africa: 202-835-1115

Victor Barnes
Director, HIV/AIDS & Health Initiative

Marie Baptiste
Program Manager, HIV/AIDS & Health Initiative

Adina Ellis
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