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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“NHLS preparing for the second surge” 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: 20 August 2020  https://www.nhls.ac.za/about-us/executive-management/ WHO Professor Koleka Mlisana is the Executive Manager of Academic Affairs Research and Quality Assurance at the National Health...

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: 03 September 2020   http://www.wrhi.ac.za/expertise/detail/professor-sinead-delany-moretlwehttps://www.who.int/immunization/research/meetings_workshops/pdvac_2020/en/ WHO  Professor Sinead Delany- Moretlwe is the Director of Research at Reproductive Health and HIV Institute(Wits RHI) and a Research Professor in the...

“Building the ship as it sails”   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: 10 September 2020  https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/qa4https://www.caprisa.org/Pages/CAPRISAStudieshttps://www.caprisa.org/People/Leadership WHO  Quarraisha Abdool Karim, (Ph.D.) is an NRF A1 rated scientist and infectious diseases epidemiologist. She is the Associate,...

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: 17 September  2020   WHO   Dr. Solomon ZewduHe is the Deputy Director  for the Africa office of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where he shapes continental...