8th Annual meeting of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC)

June 8 - 10, 2021, Virtual & Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac (France)

Summary

The 8th Annual meeting of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) will take place from June 8-10 2021.

Objectives:

  • Review the activities of the GTFCC and its working groups
  • Share update on the establishment of the Country Support Platform
  • Provide an update on the development of the Cholera Research Agenda
  • Share country perspectives on the development of National Cholera Control Plans
  • Discuss the Global Roadmap implementation

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Resources

14:00 - 14:10

Welcome remarks

Frew Benson, GTFCC Chairperson

14:10 - 15:00

Update from the GTFCC Secretariat

Philippe Barboza, GTFCC Secretariat

14:10 - 15:00

Presentation of the Independent Review Panel mechanism

Daniele Lantagne, Tufts University

15:00 - 15:45

Update on the development of the CSP: from the inception to the operational phase

Annika Wendland, CSP/IFRC

16:00 - 16:45

Key achievements of the Working Group on Surveillance

Marc Gastellu-Etchegorry, Epicentre & Marie Laure Quilici, Institut Pasteur

16:00 - 16:45

Update on the Cholera database

Elizabeth Lee, JHU

14:05 - 14:50

Key achievements of the Working Group on Oral Cholera Vaccine

Malika Bouhenia, GTFCC OCV focal poin

14:05 - 14:50

Key achievements of the Working Group on WASH

Dr. Nurullah Awal, WaterAid

14:05 - 14:50

Key achievements of the Working Group on Case management

Iza Ciglenecki, MSF

14:50 - 15:00

Community Engagement

Kate Alberti, GTFCC Secretariat

15:00 - 15:20

Recent developments of the Cholera Research Agenda & demonstration of the Research Projects Tracker

Elizabeth Klemm, Wellcome Trust

15:30 - 15:45

Assessing progress

Marion Martinez Valiente, GTFCC Secretariat

15:45 - 16:15

Countries speak out: Zoom on Kenya National Multi-sectoral Cholera Elimination Plan

Dr Okunga Emmanuel Wandera, Kenya Ministry of Health

16:15 - 16:45

Countries speak out: The development of Ethiopia Multi-Sectorial Cholera Elimination Plan 2021-2028

Mr. Mesfin Wossen Getaneh, Ethiopia Public Health Institute

14:15 - 15:30

Break-out Room 1: Technical cooperation and coordination

Moderator: Nick Thomson, Sanger
Rapporteur: Andrew Azman

14:15 - 15:30

Break-out Room 2: Integrating monitoring and evaluation mechanisms

Moderator: Louise Ivers, Harvard Medical School
Rapporteur: Lorenzo Pezzoli

14:15 - 15:30

Break-out Room 3: Financial cooperation aligned with countries needs and advocacy

Moderator: Francis Bwalya, Zambia
Rapporteur: Kerstin Hanson