The Ethiopian Health Professionals Advisory Council on COVID-19 and
The Ethiopian Diaspora High-Level Advisory Council on COVID-19
in Partnership with the Ministry of Health and Ethiopian Public Health Institute
invites you to a Zoom meeting
Date and Time: Thursday, Apr 23, 3-5:00pm Addis Ababa and 8-10:00am EST US
COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Current status, Modeling, and Implications
Moderator (5 minutes)
Dawd S. Siraj, MD, MPHTM
Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Director, International Travel Clinic
Director, Global Health Pathway for the Dept. of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Opening Remarks: Current Status and Preparedness (15 minutes)
H.E. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin, MD, MPH
Minister of Health of Ethiopia
COVID-19 Modeling and Projections for Planning (20 minutes)
Alemayehu Worku, BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor of Public Health and Biostatistics
Addis Ababa University
Senior advisor, Addis Continental Institute of Public Health
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Modeling the Impact of Key COVID-19 Interventions (20 minutes)
Amir S. Siraj, BSc, MA, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
COVID-19 Modeling Implications for Policy and Control (15 minutes)
Yemane Berhane, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Addis Continental Institute of Public Health
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Discussion (40 minutes)
Moderator
Closing Remarks (5 minutes)
H.E. Fitsum Arega
Ethiopian Ambassador to the United States
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Meeting ID: 663 121 485
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