From Ebola to COVID-19: Navigating Science-Policy Partnerships on the Front Lines

Thursday June 25, 4:00 PM (EDT)

In this third Science Diplomacy Seminar focusing on COVID-19, we will discuss the multiple challenges facing governments to not only respond effectively to COVID-19, but how health agencies are changing partnership structures and addressing other health burdens. Our expert panel consisting of Dr. Pratima Raghunathan, former US CDC Country Director for the DRC and Rwanda and currently Senior Advisor, Center for Global Health at CDC, and Dr. Andrés G. (Willy) Lescano, Associate Professor and Head of Emerge, the Emerging Diseases and Climate Change Research Unit at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano-Heredia in Lima, Peru, and former Director General for Peru’s Epidemiology and Disease Control and Prevention Center, will provide opening remarks on challenges facing Latin America and Africa, and how science diplomacy principles are useful for navigating the current challenges in global health security.

Discussants include Mr. Christian Lara (UN Diplomat & DUCIGS/Rethinking Diplomacy Fellow), Professors William Pan (Duke Global Health Institute, DGHI) and Giovanni Zanalda (Director of Duke University Center for International & Global Studies, DUCIGS)

This event is open to the public, but registration is required. Register at the Duke University Center For International & Global Studies Website.

The Event Is Hosted By The Duke University Center For International & Global Studies.