The Ebola Epidemic: Public Health, Human Rights and a Community Response

Thursday, October 30, 2014

5:00 PM-7:30 PM

Teach-In

The Ebola Epidemic: Public Health, Human Rights and a Community Response

Please join us on Thursday, October 30 at 5:00pm in Nesbitt Hall for a 'teach-in' led by Drexel University School of Public Health faculty and our partners at the African Family Health Organization. We will be learning about the science, history and human rights implications of the Ebola epidemic and the community response at Drexel University, in Philadelphia and abroad.

First panel – Ebola: Science, Human Rights, and History (Moderator: Dr. Ana Diez Roux, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology)

     Overview of the Epidemic – Dr. Esther Chernak , Associate Research Professor and Director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication

     Historical Perspective – Dr. Michael Yudell , Interim Chair and Director, Program for Public Health Ethics and History

     Challenges Faced by Healthcare Workers - Dr. Nyaquoi Kargo, Professor and Registrar General, Liberian Medical and Dental Council/JFK Hospital

Remarks by Hon. Jannie L. Blackwell, Councilwoman-3rd District

     The Mayor’s Commission on Caribbean and African Immigrant Affairs and the coalition for the “Delaware Valley West Africans Emergency Response to Ebola and Associated Stigmas”

Second Panel - The Community Response (Moderator: Dr. Shannon Marquez, Associate Dean and Director of Global Health)

     Dahn Dennis, President of The Liberia Association of Pennsylvania

     Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, Founder of The Nyonblee Cares Foundation

     Oni Richards-Waritay, Executive Director, African Family Health Organization (AFAHO)

Contact Information

Kim Menard
(267) 359-6120
kcm74@drexel.edu