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

 



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 **May 27, 2020** 

 10:00AM - 11:00AM EDT 

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 **Virtual Event - Details Below**  



 

 



 

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 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](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 &amp; 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](/covid-19-resources) page for upcoming webinars and recordings of previous webinars. [Join our weekly newsletter](/newsletters) 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 &amp; Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention



 

 



 

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