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Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 06 August 2020  https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/global-research-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/solidarity-clinical-trial-for-covid-19-treatments WHO  Professor Jeremy Nel obtained his MBChB at the University of Cape Town. He also obtained a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from...

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Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 13 August 2020  https://www.samrc.ac.za/news/samrcs-vice-president-research-professor-jeffrey-mphahlele-has-been-appointed-minister-healthhttps://www.nhls.ac.za/about-us/board-of-directors/ WHO Professor Jeffrey Mphahlele has since October 2014 been the Vice President for Research at the South African Medical Research Council(SAMRC). Mphahlele is an...

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Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.zawww.thevarg.org Date: 08 October 2020  http://www.thevarg.org/ntando-yola/https://www.hptn.org/about/conversations/ntando-yola https://www.hptn.org/about/conversations/ntando-yola https://www.avac.org/covid https://desmondtutuhealthfoundation.org.za/ https://www.ghtcoalition.org/members-items/south-africa-health-technologies-advocacy-coalition-sahtac- https://sanac.org.za https://afnhi.org WHO  Ntando Yola is a founding member of the Vaccine Advocacy Resource Group and co-lead of APHA Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS,...

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“We have to do the best we can, with what we have,  where we are.” Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 01 October 2020  https://communityconstituency.org.za/media/# WHO  Mabalane Mfundisi is the Co-convener of the Community Constituency...

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With Crown Coronation, “the juice was not worth the squeeze.”  Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 30 July 2020  https://desmondtutuhivfoundation.org.za/people/linda-gail-bekker/https://youtu.be/P3rVo6DQyikhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Linda-Gail_Bekker WHO Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP (SA), Ph.D., is Deputy Director of the Desmond...

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Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 24 July 2020  https://www.fredhutch.org/en.htmlhttp://www.hvtn.org/en.html WHO Larry Corey, former President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and in 1998, the founder of the world’s largest publicly...

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Leveraging on HIV vaccine expertise ‘Starting from basics where we are strong”  Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 23 July 2020 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04431414https://www.hptn.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Protocol%20Version%201.pdf WHO  Dr. Jackline Odihambo  Dr. Jackline has held various roles in the public health...

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“We need to replace NPI and ABC with treatments and prevention”   Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 23 July 2020  https://www.samrc.ac.za/about-us/our-presidenthttps://www.phru.co.za/staff/meet-our-researchers/12-our-research/researchers/66-gray WHO Professor Glenda Gray is a global leader in the scientific and research...

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Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 15 October 2020  https://www.linkedin.com/in/glaudina-loots-ab601720/?originalSubdomain=zahttps://www.cohred.org/2013/05/glaudina-loots-south-africa/https://www.dst.gov.zahttps://sanac.org.za WHO Glaudina Loots is the Director for health innovation at the Department of Science and Technology and responsible for implementing the health components of...

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"Limited community engagement on COVID-19 response - a pitfall in SA's response to COVID-19".  Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira & Maaza Seyoum Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 16 July 2020 WHO Shabir Madhi is Professor of Vaccinology at the University of...