COVID-19 Response in Nigeria: successes, challenges and ways forward
Drs Waziri, Ochu & Bello
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Saturday, 6 June 2020
Expert discussion with:
1) Dr Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri,
National Coordinator, National STOP Transmission of Polio Program, African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Nigeria
2) Dr Imam Wada Bello MBBS; MPH, Field Epidemiology, MWACP, Director Public Health & Disease Control, Ministry of Health Kano/Secretary Covid-19 STF Kano, Nigeria
3) Dr. Chinwe Lucia Ochu MBBS; MPH
Ag. Director Prevention, Programmes & Knowledge Management Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases during outbreaks
Dr Bootan Rahma
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Friday, 5 June 2020
This webinar is organised by Science Communication Hub Nigeria in collaboration with TReND in Africa, African Science Literacy Network and AfricArxiv. It will cover 4 main points:
- Outbreak modelling steps
- How mathematicians build a model for an outbreak
- Forecast SARS-CoV-2 in the Middle East
- Preliminary data to forecast SARS-CoV-2 in Nigeria
Speaker:
Dr Bootan M. Rahman.
Mathematics Unit, School of Science and Engineering,
University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq