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COVID-19 webinar: Global COVID-19 pandemic updates — Kenya and Ghana

Mayo Clinic and other experts discuss COVID-19 infection prevalence, virus variants, preventive measures, vaccination status and therapies used in treating patients in Kenya and Ghana. Additionally, the impact on the prevalence of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria is explored.

  • Moderator: Claudia R. Libertin, M.D., consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic; professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  • Moderator: Prakash Kempaiah, Ph.D., associate consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic
  • Featured expert: Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi, Ph.D., senior research fellow, Department of Immunology; Head Department of Electron Microscopy & Histopathology, NMIMR, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon
  • Featured expert: Bernhards Ogutu, M.D., chief research officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI); senior clinical trialist, Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance of the INDEPTH Network; director, Centre for Research in Therapeutic Sciences (CREATES), Strathmore University, Nairobi

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November 16, 2021

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