Pandemics: Whose Problem?

Overview Speakers

As the Ebola outbreak has highlighted, the world’s initial ability to provide human and material resources to the affected countries has been abysmal. How can we better respond to future epidemics?

- What lessons can be learned from previous outbreaks?
- Who is responsible for taking action?

Simultaneous interpretation in English and German

This session is on the record and webcast live.

Ertharin Cousin

モデレーター

Chief Executive Officer and President, Food Systems for the Future

Baroness Valerie Amos

Director, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Jeremy Farrar

Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)

Moustapha Ben Barka

Vice President, Banque Ouest Africaine de Dévelopement (BOAD)

Stanley M. Bergman

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Schein Inc.

Kofi Annan

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