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June 30

The fight against Ebola

Global Health
Healthcare workers wearing PPE and carrying hazardous waste bags in front of a map of Africa with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda highlighted in red
Location
Online

Event Type

10:00 am – 10:45 am

Event Type

From Around the School, Lectures/Seminars/Forums
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Presented jointly with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative  

As the number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda climb, health infrastructure and resources are stretched thin. The outbreak response is complicated by conflict, remote terrain, and population movement. With no vaccine or specific treatment for the Bundibugyo strain, surveillance, cross-border coordination, and community engagement is key. Join leaders from WHO and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for a conversation that examines the challenges of the current response and what the fight against Ebola reveals about humanitarian aid and global health security. 

Watch the premiere on June 30 at 10 a.m. ET on the Harvard Chan YouTube page.

An on-demand recording will be available following the premiere.

Speakers

Marie Roseline Belizaire

Emergencies director for WHO Africa and WHO Incident Manager for the Ebola (BVD) outbreak 
Headshot of speaker Marie Roseline Belizaire

Petra Khoury

Director for Health and Care Department at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 
Headshot of speaker Petra Khoury

Moderator

Phuong Pham

Director of Education, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Phuong Pham

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