Programme

Meet the ICASA 2025 Plenary Speakers

Prof. Nadia Adjoa Sam

Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota Medical School

Topic: Advancing Therapeutic research for HIV/STI, TB and Malaria in Africa.

Prof. Kwasi Torpey

Dean, School of Public Health, University of Ghana

Topic: Equitable access to innovative biomedical interventions for HIV/TB/Malaria in Africa.

Dr. Akudo Ikpeazu

Team Lead HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and STIs, WHO AFRO

Topic: Status (Epidemiology) of HIV in Africa: Where are we now?

Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall

Chief Executive Officer, Institut Pasteur

Topic: Domestic Financing for research in Africa

Prof. Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

Director General of the DRC’s National Institute of Biomedical Research in Kinshasa

Topic: Impact of emerging diseases on access to prevention and treatment of HIV, TB and Malaria

Hon. Romuald Wadagni

Minister of Economy and Finance, Senior Minister, Benin

Topic: Domestic resource mobilization - Innovative and sustainable Solutions for the fight against ATM (AIDS, TB and Malaria).

Dr. Zakillatou Adam

Health Systems Management Policy
Disease Prevention and Control
Head of PECM Unit – National Program for the Control of STIs and HIV/AIDS (PNLS IST)
Ministry of Health, Togo

Topic: The race to ending HIV by 2030: Refocusing on children and young people.

Dr. Modupe Agueh McCracken

Public Health Advisor,
Benin Health Sector Regulatory Authority

Topic: Harnessing digital innovations to revolutionise health systems: Opportunities for Global Impact.

Dr. Khoudia Sow

Medical Anthropologist, Ministry of Health, Senegal

Topic: The intersection of Climate Change and ATM: Challenges, Impact and Solutions for a sustainable future.

Dr. Mohamed Yakub Janabi

WHO Regional Director for Africa

Topic: Strengthening Africa's Resilience: Integrated Approaches to Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response

Sheriff Mothopeng

Africa Senior Regional Officer for the Global Equality Caucus

Topic: Community-led data-driven responses: What works and what doesn't. The case of Key Vulnerable, and aging Populations in emerging health threats.

Ms. Sitsope Adjovi Husunukpe

Executive Director, REAJIR

Topic: HIV Prevention Now: Centering, Adolescent Girls Young Women, and Pediatrics.

Alexandrina Iovita

Senior Advisor, Human Rights, Global Fund

Topic: Sustainable response: Localization, Social enterprising and increasing resource mobilization/financing towards the end of HIV and emerging diseases in Africa.

Prof. Regina Appiah-Opong

Professor of Toxicology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

Topic: Plant Medicines: A Rich Natural Resource of Africa to be harnessed for National Development

Prof. Fils Angelesi Bayenga

Member of the Kinshasa/Gombe Bar, Assistant at the Faculty of Law, University of Kinshasa

Topic: 5 years before 2030: The imperative of enhancing human rights to advance health.