Coronavirus – Africa: WHO Africa Media Leader Briefing on COVID-19 with support of the World Economic Forum

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Please join this online media briefing with experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Africa Health Business and the Africa Healthcare Federation on COVID-19 in Africa.

Date: Thursday 7 May
Time: 13:00 GMT+2 (Central Africa Time/Central European Summer Time) 12:00 Brazzaville time
Language: English with the option of questions and answers in French.
To attend, please register at www.wef.ch/whoafricacall

The briefing is on-the-record and organized with support from the World Economic Forum as part of the COVID Action Platform. It is an opportunity for you to ask world-leading experts questions about COVID-19 and how to minimize its impact in Africa.

Speakers are

• Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa
• Dr Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
  Dr Amit Thakker, Executive Chairman of Africa Health Business and President of the Africa Healthcare Federation

Joined by

• Dr Michel Yao, World Health Organization Emergency Operations Programme Manager

Moderated by

• Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum

You can send questions in advance in English or French. Please emailBoakyeagyemangc@who.int, Aylin.Elci@weforum.org and Maxwell.Hall@weforum.org with your full name, your country and your media organization. Please also specify if we can go live to you (audio and video) during the briefing or if you prefer for your question to be read out. Anonymous questions will not be accepted. Please send questions before 18:00 this evening.

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 Please be ready for us to go live to your laptop by enabling audio and video.

If you have any questions, please email: Boakyeagyemangc@who.int or call: +242 06 614 24 01.

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