Advocacy Workshop for Palliative Care in Africa Entebbe

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Advocacy for Palliative Care in Africa: A focus on essential pain medication accessibility in Southern Africa

Feb 27th – 29th, 2008 Windhoek, Namibia

WORKSHOP AGENDA:

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Day One: Wednesday February 27, 2008
8.00 – 8.30am	Registration of participants SETTING THE STAGE
Chairs:	Faith Mwangi-Powell, Executive Director, African Palliative Care Association (APCA) Kahijoro Kahuure, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Republic of Namibia
8.30 – 8.40am	Welcome remarks and workshop objectives *Faith Mwangi-Powell,* Executive Director African Palliative Care Association (APCA)
8.40 – 9.10am	Introductions of country teams Teams will give brief self-introductions. Other workshop participants will also be introduced.
9.10 – 9.30am	Introduction of workshop sponsors RHAP – Regional HIV/AIDS Program, Open Society Institute, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation/Foundation for Hospice in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pain and Policy Studies Group, World Health Organization
9.30 – 10.00am	The hospice and palliative care concept with a focus on the African continent Julia Downing, Deputy Executive Director African Palliative Care Association (APCA)
10.00 – 10.30am	Remarks and official opening The US Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia The Honourable Minister of Health, Ministry of Health and Social Services Republic of Namibia
10.00 – 10.30am	Coffee &Tea Break
Chairs	David Lee, Foundation for Hospices in sub-Saharan Africa (FHSSA) Karin Turner, Regional HIV/AIDS Program (RHAP) USAID.
11.00 – 11.30am	APCA’s advocacy vision for essential pain medication: Accessibility in Africa *Faith Mwangi-Powell,* Executive Director African Palliative Care Association (APCA).
11.30 – 12.15am	Pain Control in Cancer and HIV/AIDS: a Focus on Use of Opioids. *Henry Ddungu,* Advocacy Manager, African Palliative Care Association
12.15 – 12.45pm	Pain control in children *Julia Downing and Suzanne Karefa- Johnson,* African Palliative Care Association
12.45 – 1.00pm	Questions/Discussion
1.00 – 2.00pm	LUNCH BREAK
Chairs:	Jack Jagwe, Senior Advisor Policy, Drugs and Advocacy Hospice Africa Uganda Stephen Connor, Vice President, Access for End-of-Life Care, Research and International Development National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
2.00 – 2.30pm	UN Drug Conventions and access to controlled medicines. *Willem Scholten, Technical Officer Department of Medicines Policy and Standards* World Health Organization (WHO)
2.30 – 3.15pm	Access to analgesia – A global overview *Martha Maurer,* Policy Analyst, Pain and Policy Studies Group (PPSG) World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care, University of Wisconsin
3.15 – 4.00pm	Supporting national opioid accessibility: lessons and challenges across Africa *Henry Ddungu,* Advocacy Manager, African Palliative Care Association
4.00 – 4.30pm	Questions and/or open discussion arising from above presentations
4.30 – 5.00pm	Review of day one *Kath Defilippi* Patient Care Co-ordinator

Day Two: Thursday February 28, 2008
8.30 – 8.45am	Preview of day two *Henry Ddungu* Advocacy Manager, African Palliative Care Association
	LEARNING ABOUT COUNTRY SITUATIONS
Chairs:	*Dr. Julia Downing* Deputy Executive Director African Palliative Care Association (APCA) Mary Callaway, Project Director, International Palliative Care Initiative Open Society Institute (OSI)
8.45 – 9.15am	Namibia Team Report and Q&A
9.15 – 9.45am	Botswana Team Report and Q&A
9.45 – 10.15am	Swaziland Team Report and Q&A
10.45 – 11.15	Coffee & Tea Break
10.45 – 11.15am	Lesotho Team Report and Q&A
11.15 – 11.45am.	Mozambique Team Report and Q&A
11.45 – 12.05pm	Zimbabwe Team Report and Q&A
12.05 – 12.20pm	Best practice – South Africa *Kath Defilippi and Zodwa Sithole*
12.05 – 12.20pm	Best practice – Uganda *Jack Jaqwe and Henry Ddungu*– Hospice Africa Uganda
12.35 – 1.00pm	Open Discussion
1.00 – 2.00pm	LUNCH BREAK
2.00 – 5.00pm:	DEVELOPING COUNTRY STRATEGIES
Chairs:	Sangita Patel USAID Namibia Faith Mwangi-Powell, Executive Director African Palliative Care Association, APCA
2.00 – 2.30pm	Framing issues identified by country teams: Using existing resources *Martha Maurer,* Policy Analyst, Pain and Policy Studies Group (PPSG) WHO Collaborating Centre, University of Wisconsin
2.30 – 3.00pm	How to develop a country strategy *Stephen Connor,* Vice President, Access for End-of-Life Care, Research and international Development National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
3.15 – 4.00pm	Coffee & Tea Break
3.30 – 5.00pm	First meeting of country teams: Begin strategy development Country Team Leaders with Facilitators *Facilitators:* Suzanne Karefa-Johnson - Swaziland Jack Jagwe - Swaziland Faith Mwangi-Powell – Mozambique Willem Scholten - Mozambique Julia Downing - Lesotho Mary Callaway – Lesotho Martha Maurer- Botswana Henry Ddungu - Botswana, Jennifer Tymon - Namibia Stephen Connor - Namibia David Lee - Zimbabwe Kath Defilippi - Zimbabwe (Teams can continue with their discussions until late)
7.00 – 9.00pm	Workshop Dinner

Day Three: Friday February 29, 2008
8.00 – 8.15am	Review of day two and preview of day three *Henry Ddungu* Advocacy Manager, African Palliative Care Association
	DEVELOPING COUNTRY STRATEGIES
Chairs:	Willem Scholten, Technical Officer Department of Medicines Policy and Standards World Health Organization (WHO) Jennifer Tymon Namibia Programme Co-ordinator, African Palliative Care Association (APCA)
8.15 – 10.45am	Second meeting of country teams: Conclude strategy development Country Teams to draft respective Opioid Accessibility Advocacy Strategic Plans
10.45 – 11.15am	Coffee & Tea Break
11.15 – 1.00pm	Country Team strategic plans (15 minutes is given for each Country Team) Botswana* Mozambique Namibia Lesotho Swaziland Zimbabwe
1.15– 2.00pm	LUNCH BREAK
2.00 – 4.00pm	DISCUSSING IMPLEMENTATION
Chairs	Julia Downing, Deputy Executive Director African Palliative Care Association (APCA) Julie Chitty, USAID, Namibia
2.00 – 3.00pm	Panel discussion: How to facilitate strategy implementation Panellists: *Julie Chitty,* USAID, Namibia *Mary Callaway*, IPCI, OSI *Henry Ddungu* APCA *Martha Maurer,* PPSG *Faith Mwangi-Powell,* APCA *Willem Scholten*, WHO *Stephen Connor*, NHPCO *Kath Defilippi,* HPCA\
3.00 – 3.30pm	Bringing donors on board: Supporting country strategies *Mary Callaway, Project* Director, International Palliative Care Initiative Open Society Institute (OSI)
3.30 – 4.00pm	Palliative care educational opportunities Julia Downing, Deputy Executive Director African Palliative Care Association (APCA
4.00 – 4.30pm	Follow-up communication discussion and M&E framework Discussion of mechanism to be used between workshop participants to manage follow-up discussions and Technical Assistance including funding. M&E framework. Workshop participants will be provided with a checklist of things to consider related to communication *Henry Ddungu and Julia Downing,* African Palliative Care Association
4.20 – 4.30pm	WORKSHOP EVALUATION
4.30 – 5.00pm	Conclusion, way forward and official close of the workshop Mary Callaway, Project Director, International Palliative Care Initiative Open Society Institute (OSI) Faith Mwangi-Powell, Executive Director African Palliative Care Association, APCA

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