Launch of the Final Report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

In early 2015, the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) convened an Independent Panel to analyze the major weaknesses in the global health system exposed by the Ebola outbreak, and offer concrete recommendations for reform in several areas: leadership, coordination, and advocacy; international rules; financing; operational response and operational research; and health technology research and development. Please join us for the Washington D.C. rollout of the final report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola and a discussion of its main recommendations.

Panelists who will join the launch:
Ashish Jha
Director and K.T. Li Professor of International Health, Harvard Global Health Institute

Peter Piot (by videolink)
Director and Handa Professor of Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Suerie Moon
Research Director and Co-Chair of the Forum on Global Governance for Health, Harvard Global Health Institute

Muhammad Pate
Former Nigerian Minister of State for Health

Sophie Delaunay
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) USA

Larry Gostin
University Professor and Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University

Moderated by:
J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, CSIS Global Health Policy Center

Other discussants will include:
Tom Frieden
Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Julie Gerberding
Executive VP for Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy and Population Health, Merck

Ron Klain
Former U.S. Ebola Response Coordinator, White House and General Counsel, Revolution LLC