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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: 22 October 2020  https://www.tac.org.za WHO  Sibongile Tshabalala. She is the chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign and partner with the COVID-19 Conversations weekly webinar series She was diagnosed...

Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira  Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials: www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 29 October  2020  https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04431414https://www.hptn.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Protocol%20Version%201.pdf WHO  HVTN/CoVPN The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is the world’s largest publicly funded multi-disciplinary international collaboration facilitating vaccines’ development to prevent HIV/AIDS. The HVTN conducts all clinical...

Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Anna Matendawafa - with inputs from Wilfred Gurupira  Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org Date: 05 NOVEMBER 2020  https://www.healthjusticeinitiative.org.za https://www.osf.org.zahttps://www.wits.ac.za https://leonfoundation.co.za/ndifuna.htm https://raith.org.zahttps://www.msf.org.za https://itpcglobal.org/about/ https://www.medicalschemes.co.za https://www.healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/post/access-takes-a-hard-look-at-the-impact-of-intellectual-property-and-patents-during-covid-19 WHO   Fatima Hassan,is a South African human rights lawyer and social justice activist. She's the founder of and heads the newly established Health Justice Initiative in...

"We were trying to teach young children about consent as a basis, this is my body, and I don't consent to this. We can't even begin to dismantle patriarchy if we can't even have basic conversations with children, and children are amazing, absolutely amazing. And...

“Even a response to COVID-19 needs to be a feminist one. It needs to centre women; it needs to centre adolescent girls; it needs to centre children”.  Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Vivienne Naidoo with inputs from Anna Matendawafa Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials: www.africanalliance.org.zawww.thevarg.org Date: 14 January  2021https://www.soulcity.org.za https://www.justice.gov.za/vg/gbv/NSP-GBVF-FINAL-DOC-04-05.pdfhttps://www.soulcity.org.za/resources/materials/violence/we-want-to-be-freehttps://www.gov.za/documents/constitution/chapter-2-bill-rights?gclid=CjwKCAiAo5qABhBdEiwAOtGmbmI_7Gt1ySFqsOJSHrZ6PIVmrIPwTLD5H3ycoZYXTnPY3qcpOmscMBoCHuUQAvD_BwE WHO Phinah...

We also don't want to be in that position where we purchase vaccines, and our neighbours are left with nothing on the continent. So I think this pooled procurement talks to the solidarity and fairness for access to vaccines. Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Vivienne Naidoo  Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar...

In formulating a COVID Digital response, we should not sideline the more traditional method of communicating. If we do, we sideline, a particular portion of society.  Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by: Vivienne Naidoo  Queries: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials: www.africanalliance.org.zawww.thevarg.orghttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-12-28-tailored-messaging-is-key-in-curbing-the-spread-of-covid-19-and-misinformation/https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/doctor-who-discovered-ivermectin-use-for-covid-19-was-born-in-sa-studied-at-wits-bab210ff-1c2d-491a-9970-e3c0d98aa71chttps://sanac.org.za/traditional-leaders-launch-the-communities-matter-survey-in-20-districts/ WHO   Oliver Meth is the communications lead at the South African...

I think getting a vaccine out quickly will be a game-changer for South Africa, especially a one-shot that doesn't need a rigorous culture. Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by Vivienne Naidoo  Queries: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org  https://www.jnj.com/coronavirus/about-phase-3-study-of-our-covid-19-vaccine-candidate https://www.ensemblestudy.com/#!/ https://desmondtutuhealthfoundation.org.za/admin-dthf/news/dthf-welcomes-early-data-from-ensemble-trial-showing-safety-efficacy-for-sing https://www.gov.za/speeches/minister-zweli-mkhize-update-sars-cov-2-coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-strategy-7-jan-2021?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0-6ABhDMARIsAFVdQv9OY_PLeu9yEU2fiIMNM https://www.samrc.ac.za/research/ethics/guideline-documents WHO  Dr Gonasagrie (Lulu) Nair, MBChB, DCH, DT&H, PGDip Health Research Ethics, MPH Dr...

The hypothesis is that there is not an increased risk of this factor. But it's only through research and doing it with people having full knowledge and having heard that the HIV prevention strategies in place that we will be able to address that question. Moderator:...

We should be taking more of a stance globally about the purpose of these NDAs because they don't serve a public purpose. They serve a profit purpose. Moderator: Tian Johnson Complied by Vivienne Naidoo  Queries?: info@africanalliance.org.za Webinar Recordings & Supplementary Materials:  www.africanalliance.org.za www.thevarg.org  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1073110520958892 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776053 https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/vaccines-and-immunization/activities/immunization-systems/equity-in-immunization http://www.oecd.org/dac/development-cooperation-report/vaccine-equity-and-resilience-building-two-tests-for-global-solidarity.htm https://epha.org/vaccine-equity/ https://www.dailysabah.com/world/africa/africa-calls-for-coronavirus-vaccine-equity-amid-shortage-fears https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2021-02-04-some-clinical-trials-were-carried-out-in-africa-naledi-pandor-slams-covid-19-vaccine-nationalism/ https://epidemicethics.tghn.org/community/blogs/post/258785/2020/07/equitable-global-access-to-a-covid-19-vaccine-/ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/covid-19-africa-fears-vaccine-shortage-urges-equity/2128751 WHO  Safura Abdool Karim is a public health lawyer and...