MEDIA ADVISORY: Joint press conference on the Marburg virus disease response in Rwanda - Sunday, 20 October at 14:00 CEST

No images? Click here Saturday, 19 October 2024  MEDIA ADVISORY INVITATION TO MEDIA Joint press conference on the Marburg virus disease response in Rwanda WHAT: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros is undertaking a mission to Rwanda to assess first hand the response to the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda, and the support being provided by WHO and partners. During his time in Rwanda, Dr Tedros has visited health facilities treating people infected by the virus and the command centre leading the response and met with national health authorities and United Nations partners. WHEN: Sunday 20 October at 2pm CEST/Kigali time. WHERE:  Kigali, Rwanda and streamed on https://www.rba.co.rw/tv and WHO’s social media channels. The recording of this joint press conference will be made available afterwards.  WHO:  Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General; Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, Minister of Health, Rwanda; HOW TO ASK A QUESTION: For journalists outside Kigali wanting to ask a question, please send a post on X using #stopMarburg with your name and media outlet. Media wanting to attend the press conference in person should contact Amanda Rurangwa amanda.rurangwa@moh.gov.rw at the Rwandan Ministry of Health.   Media contacts: WHO Rwanda: Natalie Ridgard ridgardn@who.int WHO HQ: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe