About this forum
In this forum, Drs. Karestan Koenen and Bizu Gelaye host Dr. Bonga Chiliza from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and Dr. Edith Kwobah from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya to discuss mental health issues related to the COVID-19 outbreak in Africa. Panelists speak about how Africa’s health care system and mental health professionals are preparing for the looming threat and surge of COVID-19 cases in the continent.
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Dr. Bonga Chiliza
Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Dr. Edith Kamaru Kwobah
Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of the Department of Psychiatry
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Dr. Karestan Koenen
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Bizu Gelaye
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health