Responding to global health emergencies with Dr Maria Van Kerkhove

In Difference

English - March 16, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MB
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We all know that it can be difficult to deal with new challenges, but what do you do when the problem impacts the health of people around the world? In this episode, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove shares incredible insights from responses to global health emergencies such as SARS, MERS and COVID-19. Maria is a specialist in infectious disease epidemiology and the technical lead for COVID-19 at the World Health Organization (WHO). Maria shares lessons that go well beyond healthcare and offers huge hope for responding to a range of major events in the future.

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