#  Addressing Mental Health During the Covid-19 Outbreak in Africa as Health Care Systems Brace for a Battering 

 



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 **April 22, 2020** 

 11:00AM - 12:00PM EDT 

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 **Virtual Event - Details Below**  



 

 



 

 When the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Africa was initially spared. However, this is changing rapidly, with over 12,000 cases and 600 fatalities. This online forum is for anyone interested in learning about how Africa’s health care system and mental health professionals are preparing for the looming threat and surge of COVID-19 cases in the continent.  
  
**A panel discussion featuring:**  
  
Dr. Bonga Chiliza  
Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry  
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa  
  
Dr. Edith Kamaru Kwobah  
Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of the Department of Psychiatry  
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi, Kenya  
  
**Hosted by:**  
  
Dr. Karestan Koenen  
Professor, Department of Epidemiology  
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health  
  
Dr. Bizu Gelaye  
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology  
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

 **Zoom link:** [https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94457695495?pwd=WEdYZXNsNGJma3ppL2JmdThqelJRQT09](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94457695495?pwd=WEdYZXNsNGJma3ppL2JmdThqelJRQT09&fbclid=IwAR1YG9mKjWqfwK4OI4SL8tpNlpxG7uiQbL6gDdj0MHE_M0fS1HrrRXntMoM&h=AT30OpwiSpqSt7A6piTepbNYJlOJ7VlzUHYsVlOcEIOmocJom_jFCEn1H037YbwjWRo4cBhRVhoYa_HYDb32LubNZkzjKWSfEjsCE7WtCCfpQfQqqExmAOS2mz-3sNubESpJ0F9VwjsvdDdcZ-gKj3U)

 **ORGANIZER:** Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 **WEBSITE:** <https://ems.sph.harvard.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=186037>



 

 



 

 

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