Join Doctors Without Borders for a live webcast panel discussion on January 29 from 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST on efforts to contain the current Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MSF teams are responding to the second largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded, trying to halt the spread of this highly infectious,
A key concern in recent outbreaks has been variable timelines between the start of an outbreak and the public availability of the first and subsequent genetic sequences. The World Health Organization (WHO), upon consultation with many stakeholders and institutions working in the pathogen sequencing arena, is proposing elements of a code of conduct for genetic
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will host “A topsy-turvy world where pathogen sequencing leads infection,” a lecture by Sharon Peacock describing how sequencing is being used to redesign hospital infection prevention and control on 26 November 2018. The event is part of the LSHTM’s Global Health Lecture Series. Sharon Peacock was previously
