WHO Africa Online Press Briefing on health worker infections in Africa
Ask your questions to the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), July 21, 2020/APO Group/ -- 
Please join an online media briefing with the World Health Organization (WHO)&nbsp;(<a href="https://africa-newsroom.com/press/countlinks/126576/http:%7D%7Dwww.afro.who.int/website" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">afro.who.int</a>) Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, and International Maternal Health &amp; Midwifery Specialist, Dr. Jemima A. Dennis-Antwi. The briefing is on-the-record and it is an opportunity for you to ask questions about the COVID-19 and health worker infections in Africa. The media briefing is facilitated by APO Group.





<strong>Speakers include:</strong>


<strong>- 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)</strong>


<strong>-&nbsp;Hon Dr L&eacute;onie Claudine Lougue, Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, (On Burkina Faso&rsquo;s efforts to control health care worker infections)</strong>


<strong>- &nbsp;Hon Dr Alpha T. Wurie, Minister of Health and Population of Sierra Leone (TBC) (On Sierra Leone&rsquo;s efforts to control health care worker infections)</strong>


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








<strong>Date: </strong>Thursday 23 July


<strong>Time: </strong>12:00 Brazzaville/Kinshasa Time GMT +1 / 13:00 Central Africa Time&nbsp; / 14:00 Nairobi Time


<strong>Moderated by:&nbsp; </strong>


<ul>
	<li>Tsepiso Makwetla, Journalist</li>
</ul>

<strong>Language:</strong> English/ French


<strong>To attend, please register at</strong>:&nbsp; <a href="https://apo-opa.com/who/">https://APO-opa.com/who/</a>


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


You can <strong>send questions in advance</strong> 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 <strong>ask questions live</strong> during the briefing using the Q&amp;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.