WHO Africa Online Press Briefing on health worker infections in Africa

Speakers include:

- Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa (Update on COVID-19 and an overview of how health care workers are at risk of COVID-19)

-Hon Dr Léonie Claudine Lougue, Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, (On Burkina Faso’s efforts to control health care worker infections)

- Hon Dr Alpha T. Wurie, Minister of Health and Population of Sierra Leone (TBC) (On Sierra Leone’s efforts to control health care worker infections)

- Dr. Jemima A. Dennis-Antwi, International Maternal Health & Midwifery Specialist (What health care workers need to do to protect themselves from COVID-19)

Date: Thursday 23 July

Time: 12:00 Brazzaville/Kinshasa Time GMT +1 / 13:00 Central Africa Time / 14:00 Nairobi Time

Moderated by:

Language: English/ French

To attend, please register at : https://APO-opa.com/who/

Interpretation will be provided in French . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to access the event.

You can send questions in advance in English or French. Please email Collins Boakye-Agyemang: boakyeagyemangc@who.int and Danielle Siemeni: ngom@who.int with your full name, your country and your media organization. Anonymous questions will not be accepted.

You can also ask questions live during the briefing using the Q&A function in Zoom. Please specify your full name, your country and the media organization you work for.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of WHO Regional Office for Africa.

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