Please join an online media briefing with the World Health Organization (WHO) (afro.who.int) Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, and International Maternal Health & 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.

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: 

• Tsepiso Makwetla, Journalist

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.