Ebola and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Local and Global Response
Dr. Ali Khan
Dean, School of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Khan will provide information on Ebola and what makes it so dangerous, describe the role of the World Health Organization in the outbreak and
the world response to it, including the response from Nebraska; note the reforms of WHO resulting from the experience of this epidemic He will describe the nature of MERS ad other infectious diseases and the requirements of any future outbreaks of these diseases. Local responders to the Ebola crisis and epidemiologists will participate in the discussion.
Dr. Ali Khan came to UNMC from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta where he had been Director in the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. He was twice in West Africa as consultant during the recent Ebola crisis (April and August of this year). He founded the Public Health Matters blog and has published widely on matters of health security.
Free and Open to the Public
Wednesday November 11 2015
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Brian Health East: Brian Medical Plaza
1600 South 48th Street
Lincoln NE 68506
Sponsors: United Nations Association of the USA, Nebraska Chapter
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UNL
Lancaster County Medical Society
Brian Health 55+
The World Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
On November 11, Dr. Ali Khan will report to Lincoln on the world response to the Ebola epidemic, and assess the World Health Organization’s management of the crisis. Dr. Khan is Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Before coming to Nebraska in 2014, he had been Director of Public Health Preparedness and Response at Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Twice this year, Dr. Khan was in Sierra Leone as a consultant to the World Health Organization. His presentation will provide information on Ebola and what makes it so dangerous; assess the role of the WHO in the management of the outbreak and the organizing of the world response to it; and note the reforms of WHO resulting from the experience of this epidemic. He will describe the nature of MERS and other infectious diseases, and the requirements of any future outbreaks of these diseases.
Following Dr. Khan’s presentation, Dr. Bryan Buss, a CDC epidemiologist working out of Nebraska, will talk about his deployment to Liberia January 2015 and about the CDC’s response activities at home in the US. Justin Frederick of the Douglas County Health Department will explain the management of travelers to and from the crisis area and local procedures in medical outbreaks.
Ebola is no longer in the headlines and new cases are infrequent. The outbreak, however, has highlighted the dangers of emerging infectious diseases and prompted international, national and local efforts to assure that these diseases can be quickly and effectively contained. This program aims to assure us as Nebraskans of our readiness to respond locally and globally.
This presentation takes place at 7:00 in the Plaza Conference Center, Bryan East Campus, 1600 South 48th Street. It is sponsored by the United Nations Association of the US-- Nebraska Chapter;, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the Lancaster County Medical Society, and Bryan Health. It is open to the public without charge.
Registration is not required, but for the convenience of Bryan Health, you may register on their web site.