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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series: Africa’s Healthcare Response to COVID-19
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SUMMARY:Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series: Africa’s Healthcare Response to COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="80128bc9-e44e-4c30-b940-b0e3b8b4f185" alt="May 27th Poster" data-view-mode="hwp_medium"></drupal-media></p><p>	May 27 <em>- Africa’s Healthcare Response to COVID-19</em>.</p><p>	<span style="border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;padding:0in"><span><span style="color:#222222">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.</span></span></span></p><p>	 </p><p>	<strong>Register for the webinar here: </strong><br><em>https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gZnUDuavT9e61cYfU_0Giw</em></p><p>	<strong>This webinar will be livestreamed on Facebook:</strong><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/HarvardAfricanStudies/live/">https://www.facebook.com/HarvardAfricanStudies/live/</a></p><p>	 </p><p>	<u><strong>Confirmed Panelists</strong></u>:</p><p>	 </p><ul>	<li>		<strong>Dr. Ebba Abate</strong>, Director-General, Ethiopian Public Health Institute	</li></ul><p>	 </p><ul>	<li>		<strong>Dr. John Nkengasong</strong>, Director, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	</li></ul><p>	 </p><ul>	<li>		<strong>Professor Peter Lamptey</strong>, Professor in Noncommunicable Diseases, London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine	</li></ul><p>	 </p><ul>	<li>		<strong>Dr. Matshidiso Moeti</strong>, WHO Regional Director for Africa	</li></ul><p>	 </p><ul>	<li>		Moderated by <strong>Professor Wafaie Fawzi</strong>, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health, Harvard University	</li></ul><p>	--</p><p>	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’ <em>Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series</em> 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 <a href="internal:/covid-19-resources" title="">COVID-19 Resources</a> page for upcoming webinars and recordings of previous webinars. <a href="internal:/newsletters" title="">Join our weekly newsletter</a> to receive updated information.</p><p>	7:00AM PDT (California)<br>10:00AM EDT (Boston/New York)<br>3:00PM WAT (Nigeria/UK)<br>4:00PM CAT (South Africa)<br>5:00PM EAT (Ethiopia/Kenya)</p><p>	 </p><p>	<strong>ORGANIZERS: </strong>Harvard Center for African Studies &amp; Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention</p><p>	 </p>
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