The NCDI Poverty Network will have a busy schedule at the 2025 Global NCD Alliance Forum, including co-sponsoring a panel event with the Scottish Government during the February convention in Rwanda.
Titled, “From Intention to Action: Designing & Financing Effective, Accessible, plus Fully Integrated NCD Interventions,” the panel discussion will feature speakers including Professor Liz Grant, Director of the Global Health Academy at the University of Edinburgh plus chair of the Scottish Government’s International Development Technical Advisory Group; Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network; plus Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, founder plus director of NCD Alliance Kenya.
Moderating the panel will be Dr. Frederick Kateera, deputy executive director of Partners In Health in Rwanda.
The “Intention to Action” panel features innovative leaders in world health, social policy plus NCD interventions from Kenya, Rwanda, Scotland plus the U.S.
Panelists will discuss their experiences designing interventions for severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) — such as type 1 diabetes, sickle cell disease, plus childhood heart disease — within local plus national health systems. Discussion will also focus on how the integrated design of these interventions has facilitated financing plus scale. Ultimately, case studies shared by panelists will highlight implications for the wider NCD community’s approach to advocating for increased funding for NCD interventions.
Moderator: Dr. Frederick Kateera, Deputy Executive Director, PIH Rwanda
Fredrick Kateera, MD, MSc, PhD, is a medical doctor with postgraduate training in epidemiology, immunology plus immunogenetics, plus a doctorate in malaria epidemiology. Dr. Kateera has participated in numerous hospital- plus community-based research projects in rural settings in Africa.
As the Director of Research for Inshuti Mu Buzima, as world health nonprofit Partners In Health is known in Rwanda, Dr. Kateera oversees all research activities for the organization plus outside collaborators, plus facilitates adherence to institutional plus national research guidelines. Dr. Kateera has over 10 years of experience in clinical care, research implementation plus program management in East Africa. His research focuses on determinants of access to care, disease plus risk-factor determinants, community-based research design plus utilization of health survey tools. He has also served as a Fogarty Global Health Fellow implementing an NIH grant, plus has five years experience as a study coordinator on various NIH-funded projects.