Optimum community safety and wellbeing comes from effective partnerships between two sectors that do not have a strong or happy history of working together: law enforcement, especially police and prosecutors, and public health, especially in its alliances with affected communities. The Global LEPH Association is building an African Regional Law Enforcement and Public Health Association to raise awareness of the importance of the partnership and promote networking and sharing of experience across African countries.

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First webinar series: Police and the Covid-19 epidemic in African countries

Nowhere is the role of police in public health more apparent or important than in the current Covid-19 epidemic. GLEPHA is holding a series of webinars on aspects of policing and public health, the first in the series being on the police role in the pandemic.

For police, it would be a very good idea for small groups, of 3-5 police colleagues, to watch and participate together, so they can discuss and feedback. This of course may not be possible, because of the coronavirus epidemic.

Date:                Friday 7 August 2020 Times:            9:00 a.m. in Sierra Leone and Ghana, 10:00 a.m. UK and Nigeria, 11:00 a.m. Maputo and Johannesburg, 12:00 noon. Comoros, Kenya and Uganda, 13:00 p.m. Seychelles, and 7:00 p.m. in Sydney Participants for the webinars must be registered. Link to register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3887842738047608843

Upon registration, participants will receive an email with the link to join the webinar, as well as reminder emails 1 hour and 1 day before the webinar.  A recording of the event will be published afterwards on the GLEPHA website.

Organisers:   Nick Crofts, GLEPHA  nick.crofts@unimelb.edu.au

                        Munya Katumba, Aidsfonds  munyakatumba@gmail.com

• WEBINAR 1: Friday 7th August 2020

  Policing the Covid19 Pandemic in Africa: challenges and opportunities Experience of police in the Covid-19 epidemic: Reports from Africa and elsewhere

  Session format

• Speakers, then discussion and Q&A
•  Questions can be put in the chat box

Moderator:   Professor Karl Roberts, Professor of Policing and Criminal Justice at the University of Western Sydney, Consultant to the World Health Organisation on police and pandemics Presentations: 1.     Introduction to GLEPHA and the formation of an African LEPH (2mins) o Prof Nick Crofts 2.     Introduction to the Webinar and speakers o   Prof Karl Roberts 3.    The Nigerian police experience and guidance with the Covid-19 epidemic (15mins) o   DCP Olubunmi Ogunsanwo - Nigeria Police Force Medical Officer o   Dr. Efunsola Sowemimo - Commissioner of Police rtd 4.    The COVID situation in Ghana o   Assistant Commissioner Jones Blantari (10mins) 5.    Covid-19 and response  in Uganda (10mins) o   Commissioner Tinka Zarugaba 6.    Transition from lockdown and future of policing o   Professor Karl Roberts

Supported by:

Frontline AIDS: the PITCH Program, and Médecins du Monde (MdM)

Link to Webinar Invitation in PDF here