WHO Africa Online Press Briefing on COVID-19 and health worker infections in Africa

23 July 2020

Ask your questions to the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti

Please join an online media briefing with the World Health Organization (WHO) 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.

Speakers include:

- Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa
- Hon Dr Léonie Claudine Lougue, Minister of Health of Burkina Faso
-  Hon Dr Alpha T. Wurie, Minister of Health and Population of Sierra Leone
-  Dr. Jemima A. Dennis-Antwi, International Maternal Health & Midwifery Specialist

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 athttps://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.