Special Session I: Building Africa’s End to End Vaccine R&D and Manufacturing Ecosystem: ACHIEVE Africa’s Vision, Progress, and Roadmap to Sovereignty

Special Session I: Building Africa’s End‑to‑End Vaccine R&D and Manufacturing Ecosystem: ACHIEVE Africa’s Vision, Progress, and Roadmap to Sovereignty

4:15 PM – Accelerating African Vaccine R&D: The ACHIEVE Africa Platform
Nicaise Ndembi, PhD,
International Vaccine Institute/IVI African Regional Office, Rwanda

4:30 PM – Round Table Discussion
Peter Kilmarx, MD,
Fogarty International Center, United States

Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, MD, MSc, PhD
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)- Mbeya medical Research Center (MMRC), Tanzania

Betty Nanzigu Mwesigwa, MBBS
Makerere University Water Reed Project, Uganda

Location: Date: 05/12/2026 Time: 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm