Fighting Infectious Diseases on the African Continent
July 23 2021 - 9:50AM
The African continent carries a
disproportionately high share of the global infectious disease
burden. The extraordinary scientific progress made during the
COVID-19 pandemic gives hope in addressing a range of
life-threatening infectious diseases. The kENUP Foundation has been
working with the World Health Organization, the Africa CDC, the
European Commission, the European Investment Bank, BioNTech, and
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on sustainable solutions to
infectious disease challenges on the continent.
For a significant update on this work, the kENUP
Foundation invites the public and media representatives to
Fighting Infectious Diseases – Focus on
Africa
on
July 26th, 16:00-17:30 CEST
Speakers will include:
- Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General WHO, and Dr
Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa
- Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease
Control
- Prof Dr Uğur Şahin and Dr Özlem Türeci, Co-Founders BioNTech
SE
- Dr Ursula von der Leyen, President European Commission
- Dr Werner Hoyer, President European Investment Bank
- Mark Suzman, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The event will be live-streamed via kENUP’s
website: https://www.kenup.eu/events and on some partners’ digital
channels. Media outlets have the permission to stream the event.
Interpretation will be available for this event. Choices will
include Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Russian,
Spanish and Portuguese.
Journalists will have the opportunity to
participate in a media Q&A session during the latter part of
the event. Interested journalists can join using the following
link:
https://zoom.us/j/95583613249?pwd=TXRrYWtSYkZ4Qno2M1RPci9PTzFkdz09
Passcode: 170662
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