The 2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia takes place in Madrid and virtually and builds on the momentum for action generated by the first Global Forum in Barcelona in 2020. Specifically, the forum will focus on pivoting political attention from COVID-19 to the specific government actions needed to reduce child pneumonia deaths. The two-day event hopes to serve as a platform for new and ambitious political commitments to accelerate introduction and scale up of these lifesaving interventions. Representatives from Results for Development, the Spanish Government, leading health ministry officials from countries with high burdens of child pneumonia*, donor governments, foundations, NGOs, companies and academic institutions will come together in-person to rejuvenate the fight to reduce child pneumonia deaths and boost national child survival progress.
Find the full program here.
Yodi Tesfaye, Associate Director for R4D in Ethiopia, will be moderating the following panel discussion at 2:15 local time on Thursday, April 27:
ANTIBIOTIC ACCESS IN AN ERA OF EXCESS: How to ensure children with pneumonia are properly treated
- Moderator: Ms Yewedalem (Yodi) Tesfaye, Associate Director, Results for Development, Ethiopia
- Dr Chad Centner, Technical Officer, Antimicrobial Resistance, World Health Organization
- Professor Cissy Kartasasmita, Director, Center for Collaborative Research on Acute Respiratory Infection,
Indonesia - Dr Zemene Tigabu Kebede, Director, Enhanced Management of Pneumonia in Community (EMPIC) Study,
University of Gondar, Ethiopia - Mr César Kasongo Bujito, Senior Technical Advisor, USAID-Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical
Services (MTaPS) Program, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Democratic Republic of Congo
