Beyond the Headlines: Understanding the Ebola Crisis w/ World Fellows Chris Lockyear and Susana Edjang October 16, 2014, 4:00pm
w/ World Fellows Chris Lockyear and Susana Edjang
October 16, 2014, 4:00pm
The
deadly Ebola virus has taken thousands of lives in West Africa and
threatens to affect many more people around the world. The first death
has been confirmed on American soil, and the Yale community - including
key Yale World Fellows - are taking steps to help tackle this growing
global health threat in many different and creative ways.
Susana Edjang is
a 2014 Yale World Fellow and Economic, Social and Development Affairs
Officer, Executive Officer of the Secretary-General, United
Nations. Edjang is an international global health and policy expert
expected to address the United Nations response to large-scale outbreaks
such as Ebola in West Africa. She is a co-author of “Working in
International Health.”
Christopher Lockyear is
a 2014 Yale World Fellow and operations manager
for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). Lockyear is
responsible for the strategy and implementation of MSF’s humanitarian
response and has led operations across Africa and Asia including in
Somalia, Pakistan, South Sudan and Chad. He plans to discuss how the
international community should respond to outbreaks like Ebola.
More info on the event and on Yale's Ebola efforts here.
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