Reminder: WHO Africa Online Press Briefing on COVID-19 and health worker infections in Africa
Ask your questions to the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), July 22, 2020/APO Group/ -- 
Please join an online media briefing with the World Health Organization (WHO) (https://www.afro.who.int/) Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Ministers of Health of Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone and International Maternal Health & Midwifery Specialist from Ghana. 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</strong>, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa


<strong>-&nbsp;Hon Dr L&eacute;onie Claudine Lougue</strong>, Minister of Health of Burkina Faso


<strong>- &nbsp;Hon Dr Alpha T. Wurie</strong>, Minister of Health and Population of Sierra Leone


<strong>- &nbsp;Dr. Jemima A. Dennis-Antwi</strong>, International Maternal Health &amp; Midwifery Specialist


<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.