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How do we fight a growing epidemic? With Ebola cases rising by the day, how should the international community react?

“The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has the potential to alter history as much as any plague has ever done” warns epidemiologist Dr. Michael T. Osterholm.  There have been 4,200 cases and 2,200 deaths to date due to the growing epidemic, spanning 5 African countries. What are world health organizations and governments doing to combat the disease?

Joining our discussion...

J. Stephen Morrison / Director of Global Health Policy Center and Senior Vice President at CSIS / @MorrisonCSIS 

Sarah Crowe / Spokesperson and Chief of Crisis Communications for UNICEF /  @scrowe_unicef

Dr. Alan Schmaljohn / Former Chief, Viral Pathogenesis and Immunology Branch, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID);  Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine / @UMmedicalschool

George Salloum / Team Leader for Liberia Crisis for SIM / @simusa

 

 

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