Preparing for epidemics in South Africa – human and animal (25-26 February 2021)

Day 1: Preparing for Epidemics in South Africa: Kerrigan McCarthy, National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD)
Day 1: Policies and Regulations for Dealing with Disease Outbreaks & Epidemics in South Africa: Dr W. Ramkrishna, Deputy Director: Communicable Disease Control, National Department of Health (DoH)
Day 1: Is there a role for indigenous knowledge in fighting epidemics or pandemics?: Prof Nceba Gqaleni, African Health Research Institute (AHRI)
Day 1: Is there a role for indigenous knowledge in fighting epidemics or pandemics?: Dr Yogan Pillay, Country Director: Clinton Health Access Initiative
Day 1: Lessons learnt in the control of epidemics / pandemics: Lessons from South Africa’s COVID 19 response
Day 1: Uncertain Outcomes Evidence-based mathematical modelling in a time of COVID-19: Dr Sheetal Silal, Director: Modelling and Simulation Hub Africa, University of Cape Town (UCT)
Day 1: Where do you get your information? Information and communication in times of pandemic: Prof Stephanie Burton, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and
Professor at Future Africa, University of Pretoria
Day 1: DSI COVID 19 Research support
Day 2: Preparing for epidemics in South Africa – human and animal: Prof. Wanda Markotter, NRF-DSI South African Research Chair: Infectious Diseases of Animals (Zoonoses); and Director: Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria
Day 2: What can we learn from other zoonoses (besides COVID-19)?: Dr Kiruben Naicker, Director: Information Management & Biodiversity Science Policy Interface, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF)
Day 2: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BIODIVERSITY SECTOR RESPONSE PLAN TO ZOONOTIC DISEASES (PANDEMICS): Naledzani Mudau, Remote Sensing Scientist, South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
Day 2: Contribution of Earth observation data towards preparedness for human disease outbreak: Coronavirus outbreak lessons learnt: Dr Mpho Maja, Director: Animal Health, Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD)
Day 2: Control Of Animal Epidemics In Livestock: Dr Wynand J. Goosen, Project Manager: Biomedical Sciences, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University (SU)
Day 2: Advances towards detecting and preventing the spread of multispecies disease – bovine TB.

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