Theme: The Surge of Mpox in Africa: A Call for Action

Join us for the AFREhealth and Mpox Research Consortium (MpoxReC) Monthly Mpox Webinar Series

Date: September 04, 2024
Duration:



Facilitator/Moderator:
Jean B. Nachega, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAS
Professor of Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine
and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa

Speakers/Panelists:
1st Speaker: Wolfgang Preiser, MD, PhD
Professor of Virology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
Topic: - Mpox - A Neglected Zoonosis Turns into a Global Threat (20 min)

2nd Speaker: Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, MD, CTropMed
Senior Technical Advisor, Pediatric and Adolescent HIV, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Abuja
Professor of Pediatrics: Global Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases
University of Minnesota Medical School.
Topic: - Addressing the Burden of Mpox Among African Children (20 min)
Panel Discussion/Q & A from the Audience - 15 mins

Supported by NIH-Fogarty Grant No. 1R25TW011217-04 African Association for Health Professions Education and Research

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The African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth) is an interprofessional health grouping that seeks to work all stakeholders interested in health profession education , research and service delivery to improve the quality of health care in Africa through research, education and capacity building. It is a conglomerate of individuals, institutions, associations and networks from all the geographic and linguistic regions of Africa namely Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone and Arabophone. Read More...

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