Experts at MUSC talk Ebola preparedness

.PBS Frontline: Ebola Outbreak film screening & panel discussion
Thursday, September 25, 2014, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Drug Discovery Auditorium, DD110

This event is free and open to the public

Join the MUSC Center for Global Health as we screen PBS Frontline’s documentary, Ebola Outbreak highlighting the struggles containing and managing the latest outbreak in West Africa. Immediately following the 30-minute screening, MUSC and community experts will lead a panel discussion addressing a wide range of themes including the infectious disease control challenges and the public health aspects of the epidemic, and the mental health challenges facing the community and health care workers as they battle this crisis. Jeffery Deal, MD, MA from Water Missions will share his perspectives from the field, having just returned from Liberia where he played a role in training front line workers.

Ebola Virus Disease has claimed more than 6,300 lives and is still raging through West Africa. Although public health and medical experts have improved some of the conditions and there is noticeable progress in the affected countries, risks still abound. Experts at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) outlined the risks, strategies to mitigate these risks, and the need for appropriate public health preparedness and response.

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Panelists:

Gail Stuart, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, MUSC

John Vena, Ph.D. Professor and Founding Chair
Department of Public Health Sciences, MUSC

L.W. Preston Church, M.D.
Associate Professor of Infectious Disease, MUSC

Jeffery L. Deal, M.D., MA
Director of Health Studies, Water Missions International