Scientists have estimated that the West Africa Ebola epidemic will take another 12-18 months to control and will infect hundreds of thousands of more people during that time. In an opinion piece published last week in the Los Angeles Times, Michele Barry, MD, director of Stanford's Center for Innovation in Global Health, discussed how the outbreak got so out of control and explains why the "world needs a new approach to solving massive international health crises and preventing future ones."
Tomorrow on the Stanford campus, Barry will participate in an interdisciplinary forum focusing on the health, governance, security and ethical dimensions of the epidemic. Additional speakers include Doug Owens, MD, a general internist and director of the Center for Health Policy/Primary Care Outcomes Research; microbiologist David Relman, MD, a fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation; Stephen Stedman, deputy director at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law; and Paul Wise, MD, MPH, a child health specialist and core faculty member of the Center for Health Policy/Primary Care Outcomes Research. Drawing on their diverse backgrounds, the panelists will offer unique perspectives from their respective fields on the latest developments in addressing the outbreak.
The event will be held at 4 PM local time at the Bechtel Conference Center in Encina Hall and is free and open to the public. Conference organizers will also be live tweeting the panel; you can follow the coverage on the @FSIStanford Twitter feed, or by using the hashtag #EbolaForum.
Previously: Expert panel discusses challenges of controlling Ebola in West Africa, Should we worry? Stanford's global health chief weighs in on Ebola, Biosecurity experts discuss Ebola and related public health concerns and policy implications and Stanford global health chief launches campaign to help contain Ebola outbreak in Liberia
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