MEDIA ADVISORY: WHO Africa Online Briefing on Financing of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

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MEDIA ADVISORY

18 May 2021

WHO Africa Online Briefing on the financing of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

Dear member of the media,
You are invited to join our online media briefing with experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank and Standard Chartered on the financing of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.
Date: Thursday 20 May
Time: 12:00-13:00 Central African Time/CEST; 13:00-14:00 Nairobi time; 10:00-11:00 Dakar 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 in Africa.
Speakers are

· Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa

· Dena Ringold, World Bank, Regional Director, Human Development, Africa Region

· Razia Khan, Standard Chartered, Head of Research and Chief Economist, Africa& Middle East

Joined by

· Dr Richard Mihigo, WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO) Coordinator, Immunization and Vaccines Development (IVD) Programme

Moderated by

· Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum

You can send questions in advance in English or French. Please email [email protected] and [email protected] 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 on Wednesday 19 May.

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 and be ready for us to go live to you by enabling audio and video.

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