Date:
Monday, June 29, 2020, 9:00am to 10:30am
Location:
Virtual Event - Details Below
As Africa responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have shifted health agendas and funding to focus on outbreak preparedness and management. However, how has the outbreak impacted pre-existing health concerns? How have responses differed regionally?
This webinar will present a comparative multi-country perspective of the effects of COVID across the African region. Panellists will discuss individual country policy responses, the impact of COVID on health services (such as outpatient visits, vaccinations and skilled birth visits) and approaches to tackling excess mortality.
Speakers:
- Dr Mosoka Fallah - Director General, National Public Health Institute of Liberia
- Dr. Solomon Kamurari - Head of Programs, Uganda UK Health Alliance
- Dr Helen Yifter Bitew - Director for Academic Affairs, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University
- Dr Abiy Seifu Estifanos - Lecturer, Addis Ababa University
- Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas - Research Fellow, LSE
ORGANIZER: Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa and the Global Health Initiative at the London School of Economics