This meeting wraps up the series and will focus on discussions arounds summarizing key takeaways from previous meetings, engaging Maternal and Child Health in HepB birth dose vaccination, finalizing the NITAG toolkit, identify additional operational research needs, and mapping opportunities for partnerships and technical assistance, including NITAG support in HepB birth dose introduction recommendation process.

Program

• Welcome & introductions- Dr. John Ward, Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
• Meeting objectives and agenda Dr. Henry Njuguna, Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
• Role of Maternal and Child Health in Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccination: Engaging the vaccinators- Dr. Assumpta Muriithi, Maternal and Newborn Health, WHO AFRO
• Q&A
• Panel discussion: The role of civil societies in HepB-BD implementation in Africa
  • Moderator: Dr. John Ward/Dr. Henry Njuguna
  • Panelists:
    • Danjuma Adda, World Hepatitis Alliance
    • Kenneth Kabagambe, NOPLHB
• Meetings 1-3 synthesis- Dr. Henry Njuguna
• Q&A- Dr. John Ward
• Next steps: Planning for a future of African children free of HBV infection Dr. Rania Tohme, US CDC
• Coalition resources to support HepB-BD implementation and scale up-  Dr. Henry Njuguna
  • Community of Practice
  • NITAG HepB-BD toolkit
  • CGHE Help Desk
  • Technical support
• Discussions
• Closing remarks- Dr. Julien Kabore, WHO AFRO
• Closing