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
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