This webinar discusses the COVID-19 situation in Africa and presents application examples of Data Science for disease management. A panel of experts touches on topics such as disease surveillance, generating dashboards with the latest statistics, and mining of text or social media to discover trends. Other topics include data-interoperability, publication tracking, disease burden and mortality, and the effect of COVID-19 on diseases like HIV and malaria.

Moderators:
- Stefan Jaeger, Ph.D., National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
- Cecile Viboud, Ph.D., Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health

Panelists:
- Agnes Kiragga, Ph.D., Head of Statistics and Data Management Unit and Senior Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University College of Health Sciences
- Nirmal Ravi, MD, Ph.D., Director for Medical and Scientific Affairs, E-Health Africa, and Chief Innovation Officer, EHA Clinics
- Ali H. Mokdad, Ph.D., Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; Chief Strategy Officer, Population Health at the University of Washington
- Elaine Nsoesie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health
- Frank Kagoro, M.D., MSc, Research Physician, MORU Tropical Health Network and WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network; PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town