Join us for the AFREhealth Webinar Series
Topic: “Ongoing Ebola Outbreak in Uganda: What You Need to Know”
Date: Friday, 25th November 2022
Time: 8:00 am US Eastern Time/1:00 pm GMT/ 2:00 pm WAST/3:00 pm SAST/CAT/4:00pm EAT
Duration: 90 minutes
Video: https://youtu.be/YGr_lhgD8dE
Moderators:
Francis G. Omaswa, MB ChB, MMed, FRCS, FCS
Director, The African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST), Kampala, Uganda
Jean B. Nachega, MD, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FAAS
Professor of Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Topics/Speakers:
Title 1: Ebola Sudan Outbreak in Uganda: Current Situation and Response
Henry Kyobe Bosa, MB,ChB, MSc. (20min)
Lt. Col. Dr. Incident Commander, Infectious Diseases
Ministry of Health, Uganda
Title 2: Past Ebola Outbreaks in Uganda:
Samuel I. Okware, MB ChB, DIMA, MPH, PhD (15 min)
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director General, Uganda
National Health Research Organization (UNHRO), Kampala
Title 3: Lessons Learned from Past Ebola-Zaire Outbreaks in DR Congo
Jean-Jacques Muyembe TamFum, MD, PhD (15 min)
Professor of Virology, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo
Director, National Institutes of Bio-Medical Research (INRB), Kinshasa, DR Congo
Q & A (30 min)
Supported by:
NIH-Fogarty Grant No. 1R25TW011217-01
African Association for Health Professions Education and Research
