Demography and COVID-19 in Africa

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Webinar Leads: Diego Iturralde, Stats SA and Fiona Clark, FCDO

Moderator/ Facilitator: Risenga  Maluleke, Statistician-General and Head of Statistics South Africa

 Presentations/ Speakers:

• Introduction to webinar series and insights from South Africa – Risenga Maluleke, Statistician-General and Head of Statistics South Africa
• Global perspectives, COVID-19 trends and its impacts on demography and the demographic dividend – José Miguel Guzman, Demographer and 2017 IUSSP Laureate
• COVID-19 in Africa. Why has the trajectory been different and what lessons can we learn from this? – Senga Sembuche, Africa CDC
• The UK’s science-led response to COVID-19 and its role in harnessing the demographic dividend – Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Mortality and excess deaths in South Africa and the Region – Tom Moultrie/Debbie Bradshaw, South African Medical Research Council (MRC)

Discussant: Nompumelelo Nzimande, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Presentations

Introduction to webinar series and insights from South Africa – Risenga Maluleke, Statistician-General and Head of Statistics South Africa

Demography-Webinar-SG_21-10-2020_1_40pm.pdf

Global perspectives, COVID-19 trends and its impacts on demography and the demographic dividend – José Miguel Guzman, Demographer and 2017 IUSSP Laureate

Demography-and-COVID-19-in-Africa–Evidence-and-Policy-Responses-JMGUZMAN-1.pdf

COVID-19 in Africa. Why has the trajectory been different and what lessons can we learn from this? – Senga Sembuche, Africa CDC

S-Sembuche_COVID-19-Pandemic-in-Africa.pdf

The UK’s science-led response to COVID-19 and its role in harnessing the demographic dividend – Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

C-Watts_UKs-science-led-response-to-COVID-19-and-DD-1.pdf

Mortality and excess deaths in South Africa and the Region – Tom Moultrie/Debbie Bradshaw, South African Medical Research Council (MRC)

Debbie-Bradshaw-Excess-deaths-in-South-Africa-Oct-2020.pdf

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