18th Wonca World Rural Health Conference

18th World Rural Health Conference Opening Ceremony

July 9, 2021

Our 18th World Rural Health Conference Opening Ceremony at 11:00 – 13:00 UTC (2-4 pm Uganda/ East African Time) Friday 9th July 2021, was a chance to celebrate our Ugandan members, their contribution, and particularly discuss the first topic of the WHO series.

Chat Transcript

Chat Transcript

20:52:28 From Bruce Chater to Innocent Besigye(Direct Message):
How are you
20:52:52 From Innocent Besigye to Bruce Chater(Direct Message):
Fine. How many people registered?
20:53:28 From Bruce Chater to Innocent Besigye(Direct Message):
about 150
20:54:05 From Innocent Besigye to Bruce Chater(Direct Message):
Good
20:59:29 From Bruce Chater to Innocent Besigye(Direct Message):
I will go live to utube in 1 minute and than introduce you
20:59:51 From Innocent Besigye to Bruce Chater(Direct Message):
Yes
21:36:36 From Mercy Wanjala to Everyone:
Hi,thank you very much. It is a priviledge to serve
21:37:36 From Zakiur Rahman to Everyone:
Greetings from Bangladesh
21:38:42 From Shabir Moosa to Everyone:
Welcome. See more about WONCA Africa http://www.woncaafrica.org/ and AfroPHC https://afrophc.org/ https://profmoosa.com/
21:41:29 From Felix Archibong to Everyone:
Hello everyone

Dr Archibong Felix
UCTH
Calabar, Nigeria
21:43:55 From hadjij redouane to Everyone:
vert happy to bé with thé great personne in this webinar greeting from algeria dr Redouane hadjij
21:44:01 From Shabir Moosa (Jhb SA) to Everyone:
If everyone clicks on participants and then right clicks on their name, they can choose rename and add country after their name. Useful for getting to know each other
21:45:32 From Mercy Wanjala to Everyone:
Thank you for that Prof. Shabir. That’s a great idea!
21:49:41 From James Rourke (Canada) to Everyone:
Greetings from Canada
21:50:15 From Bruce Chater to Innocent Besigye(Direct Message):
can you see ok ?
21:50:25 From Innocent Besigye to Bruce Chater(Direct Message):
Yes
21:53:09 From Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki to Everyone:
Greetings from Kinshasa!
21:54:15 From Innocent Besigye to Bruce Chater(Direct Message):
We are doing well with time. Can we have some time for comments after this to give the attendees some opportunity to participate?
21:55:41 From Ndifreke UDONWA to Everyone:
Greetings from Prof Udonwa in Nigeria to everyone. Wish all a successful Wonca Rural Conference.
21:59:25 From Bruce Chater to Innocent Besigye(Direct Message):
Yes – I will offer
22:00:00 From Tamiru Demeke to Bruce Chater(Direct Message):
Dear Bruce, will you send us the presentations?
22:02:10 From Bruce Chater to Everyone:
There is an opportunity to ask Samuel Okori a few questions at end either in chat or verbally
22:02:24 From Jude Onyango (Uganda) to Everyone:
Warm greetings from the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University. You are all welcome. Have a fruitful conference.
22:02:56 From Tamiru Demeke to Everyone:
There is sound problem.
22:03:04 From Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki to Everyone:
How about financial barrier?
22:11:06 From Angella Kabatooro to Everyone:
Question for Sam: what are the new challenges covid pandemic is presenting in ability to deliver adequate rural health care and how are they addressing them?
22:14:11 From Tamiru Demeke to Everyone:
Question to Samuel: Your experience will open get for task shifting to provide primary health care at community level. But did you or your team or other tried to check the cost-effectiveness of the system that you are explaining now?
22:15:35 From Tamiru Demeke to Everyone:
This argument will be valid and plausible depending the economic capacity of the country.
22:16:22 From Tamiru Demeke to Everyone:
What will be the effect of this FP system on the private health care provider?
22:17:45 From Sankha Randenikumara to Everyone:
👏👏👏
22:18:19 From Felix Archibong ……(Nigeria) to Everyone:
Thanks Dr Okori
22:20:25 From Felix Archibong ……(Nigeria) to Everyone:
Thanks Dr Samuel Okori….. that was impresive…… my question is ….. Do you have community based health insurance in your work area?
22:20:46 From Roger Strasser – Australia/Canada/New Zealand to Everyone:
Thank you Fr. Dr. Samuel Okori for your outstanding keynote address. You presented an excellent overview of the challenges and opportunities for family physicians in rural health care.
22:22:30 From Roger Strasser – Australia/Canada/New Zealand to Everyone:
Fr. Dr. Samuel Okori- You mentioned that your hospital is a training institution for interns. Do you also have medical students and family medicine trainees?
22:22:43 From hadjij redouane (Algeria) to Everyone:
are there médical records for follow UP and research ?
22:23:04 From Francoise F. Nwabufo Cameroon to Everyone:
Excellent presentation Fr. Dr Samuel.
22:23:34 From Bernhard Gaede, South Africa to Everyone:
Congratulations, Dr Samuel, great presentation!
22:23:50 From Francoise F. Nwabufo Cameroon to Everyone:
You do. A lot of work in the. Rural community but I did not hear the CHWs involvement
22:25:43 From Roger Strasser – Australia/Canada/New Zealand to Everyone:
The reference that Bruce mentioned is:
22:25:51 From Roger Strasser – Australia/Canada/New Zealand to Everyone:
Strasser R, Strasser S. Reimagining Primary Health Care Workforce in Rural and Underserved Settings (English). Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Washington, DC: World Bank Group. 2020. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/304851606975759118/Reimaging-Primary-Health-Care-Workforce-in-Rural-and-Underserved-Settings
22:26:54 From Francoise F. Nwabufo Cameroon to Everyone:
How is the community involved in the work you are doing. Don’t you think involving the community by using them in
22:27:00 From James Rourke (Canada) to Everyone:
Inspiring presentation and Q&A re challenges and actions. Great conference opening. Thank you
22:27:34 From Francoise F. Nwabufo Cameroon to Everyone:
ThanksFr for the presentation. Good. Example to emulate
22:29:11 From Mercy Wanjala- Kenya to Everyone:
Thank you very much for that great and contextually relevant presentation. So many lessons to glean from
22:32:12 From Angella Kabatooro to Everyone:
Sound is terrible
22:32:36 From Tamiru Demeke to Everyone:
Please avoid the sound
22:43:54 From Innocent Besigye to Everyone:
Many thanks to you all for attending this event! Hoping to see you in the next webinars.
22:45:55 From Tamiru Demeke to Everyone:
The presentations are very important. I wonder if you share us.
22:47:10 From Bruce Chater to Everyone:
I will have them posted on www.ruralwonca.org in the next day or so
22:47:18 From James Rourke (Canada) to Everyone:
Great rural health partnership RuralWonca&WHO&OECD and others
22:54:15 From Veronika Rasic to Everyone:
Have lost picture and sound
23:09:50 From PREM ADHEESH LEKHI to Everyone:
WARM greetings from Malaysia TRULY ASIA
23:13:32 From prettyosa kusemwa to Everyone:
Greetings from Zimbabwe but currently in Mozambique.
23:16:46 From hadjij redouane (Algeria) to Everyone:
thanks you all
23:17:36 From PREM ADHEESH LEKHI to Everyone:
E CERT
23:18:21 From rachid amiry to Everyone:
thanc for you. from morocco
23:21:36 From Abdulrahman Ibrahim to Everyone:
it’s absolutely educative , motivated to be able to join you today
am. Ibrahim A Nigerian citizen buh base in Uganda thank you for all your time and presentation .
23:21:56 From PREM ADHEESH LEKHI to Everyone:
THANKS LEARNT A LOT
23:22:03 From Jill Konkin – Canada to Everyone:
Terrific start to the 18th World Health Conference. Looking forward to the webinars over the next few months. Thank you, everyone.
23:22:07 From Roger Strasser – Australia/Canada/New Zealand to Everyone:
Excellent World Rural Health Conference Opening Session. Congratulations to all involved.
23:23:16 From Ann Turner, USA to Everyone:
Thank you for an interesting conference.