Monday, November 23, 2015

The Lancet: Independent Panel Report On Ebola

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The overnight media is abuzz with numerous takes on the critical Havard-LSTM Independent Panel report on the WHO’s response to the Ebola crisis.Rather than reinvent the wheel, I’ll just provide a link to the study, and links to a couple of reports from the inimitable Helen Branswell on the story.

 

Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

Dr Suerie Moon, PhDcorrespondenceemail, Prof Devi Sridhar, DPhil, Muhammad A Pate, MD, Prof Ashish K Jha, MD, Chelsea Clinton, PhD, Sophie Delaunay, MA, Valnora Edwin, MA, Mosoka Fallah, PhD, Prof David P Fidler, JD, Laurie Garrett, PhD, Prof Eric Goosby, MD, Prof Lawrence O Gostin, JD, Prof David L Heymann, MD, Prof Kelley Lee, DPhil, Prof Gabriel M Leung, MD, J Stephen Morrison, PhD, Jorge Saavedra, MD, Prof Marcel Tanner, PhD, Jennifer A Leigh, MPH, Benjamin Hawkins, PhD, Liana R Woskie, MSc, Prof Peter Piot, MD Published Online: 22 November 2015

 

Highly recommended coverage from Helen Branswell includes:

 

International Panel Calls For Overhaul Of WHO Following Ebola Crisis

 

Report: 10 Ways To Protect Against A Global Health Catastrophe