Healthcare and Medical Laboratory Conferences

Medic East Africa and Medlab East Africa will feature comprehensive agendas, focusing on various aspects of healthcare and medical laboratory practices, ensuring you will gain valuable insights and updates on your field.

4 - 6 September 2024

Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Healthcare East Africa 2.0 Summit themes

The Healthcare East Africa 2.0 Summit offers a collaborative environment for healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, and technology experts to discuss challenges and opportunities in achieving better health systems. Our diverse line-up of regional experts will share cutting-edge insights and best practices on Healthcare Excellence, Public Health, and Equity. Join us to gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic healthcare landscape in East Africa.

Don't miss this opportunity to network with like-minded professionals and exchange ideas on how to make a positive impact in the healthcare ecosystem. The Healthcare East Africa 2.0 Summit conference is where innovation and collaboration intersect for the betterment of healthcare.

Day 1 13 Sept

Healthcare Excellence


Key topics –

  • Are we there yet? Kenya's progress on the journey to Universal Health Coverage
  • Unchaining Access to Medicine: Exposing flaws in drug procurement and supply management to save lives in East Africa
Day 214 Sept

Public Health


Key topics –

  • Breaking the Silence: Examining the impact of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) on women's health in East Africa
  • HIV/AIDS in East Africa: Are we making progress towards an AIDS-free generation?
Day 315 Sept

Healthcare Equity


Key topics –

  • Fair and Square: Overcoming de-facto privatization of health in Kenya to ensure equitable access
  • High Stakes: The debate on legalizing medical marijuana for treating health conditions in Kenya 

Medical laboratory themes

This conference seeks to provide updates, current concepts and practices on Laboratory Medicine to professionals involved in the care of patients. A review and evaluation of laboratory diagnosis of common illnesses and ever-increasing scourge of multi-drug resistant bacteria, re-emerging and emerging diseases. The scientific meeting will gather medical laboratory experts from the region to exchange developments in major disciplines and functions of the medical lab.

Day 1 13 Sept

Laboratory Management


Key topics: Quality, accreditation, lab infrastructure and equipment

Day 2 14 Sept

Clinical Microbiology


Key topics: Diagnostics for TB, HIV, influenca and other infectious diseases

Day 3 15 Sept

Molecular Diagnostics & Genomics


Key topics: Genomics surveillance, nanotech, etc.