Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series: Africa’s Healthcare Response to COVID-19

May 27 - Africa’s Healthcare Response to COVID-19.

This webinar will explore Africa’s response to COVID-19 including challenges and best practices to prevention and care and combating myths and misinformation; lessons learnt from prior epidemics; and the indirect impact of the pandemic on other essential curative and preventive services.

 

Register for the webinar here: 
https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gZnUDuavT9e61cYfU_0Giw

This webinar will be livestreamed on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/HarvardAfricanStudies/live/

 

Confirmed Panelists:

 

• Dr. Ebba Abate, Director-General, Ethiopian Public Health Institute

 

• Dr. John Nkengasong, Director, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

• Professor Peter Lamptey, Professor in Noncommunicable Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

 

• Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa

 

• Moderated by Professor Wafaie Fawzi, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health, Harvard University

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The Harvard University Center for African Studies in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is hosting a series of webinars on the topic of COVID-19 and Africa. Held each Wednesday for one hour from 10am EST, CAS’ Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series will bring together the private sector, policy makers, academics, and practitioners for a series of conversations across health, technology, and economy, among others. Please check  our COVID-19 Resources page for upcoming webinars and recordings of previous webinars. Join our weekly newsletter to receive updated information.

7:00AM PDT (California)
10:00AM EDT (Boston/New York)
3:00PM WAT (Nigeria/UK)
4:00PM CAT (South Africa)
5:00PM EAT (Ethiopia/Kenya)

 

ORGANIZERS: Harvard Center for African Studies & Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention