Lessons from the Ebola Epidemic

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 04:00 pm
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Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue
What was the West African Ebola epidemic? What made Ebola a regional crisis? What structural problems hampered responses in the countries? How did Nigeria defeat Ebola? What is the moral terrain of care? What lessons did the humanitarian agencies learn? What are the wider challenges in tackling epidemic disease? Hosted by the Center for African Studies.

Speakers:
Francis Barchi, Professor of Global Health Ethics, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Allen Howard, Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University
Kristin Peterson, Professor of Anthropology, UC Irving
Ismail Rashid, Professor of History, Vassar College
Meredeth Turshen, Professor of Public Health Policy, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Governor James J. Florio Special Events Forum
Civic Square Building
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901