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SUMMARY:Postponed! - The Importance of doing research during outbreaks cau
 sed by emerging infections - Prof David Heymann
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CONTACT:Adam
DESCRIPTION:As Chairman of the UK Health Protection Agency\, Professor Hey
 mann oversees UK preparations for new and emerging health threats. He was 
 previously Assistant Director General for Health Security for WHO. His dis
 tinguished career as a medical epidemiologist has included leading researc
 h in the WHO Global Programme on AIDS\, eradicating smallpox in India in 1
 978\, and working at the forefront of international effort in the SARS epi
 demic. In a joint talk with Medsin Cambridge\, Professor Heymann will disc
 uss the current Ebola outbreak. As one of the investigators of the first E
 bola outbreak in 1976 in Zaire\, he is in a unique position to share his i
 nsights into the lessons learnt in managing Ebola and the outlook for endi
 ng the epidemic.\n\nThrough meticulous reconstruction of the events that l
 ed to the first outbreak of Ebola in Yambuku\, DRC (then Zaire) in 1976\, 
 and from continued research during and between successive outbreaks after 
 1976 until the present outbreaks in West Africa\, a clear understanding of
  the epidemiology of Ebola has been gained.  From this understanding\, and
  from successful containment of all pervious outbreaks while they remained
  in rural areas\, three containment strategies have been shown to be effec
 tive:  rapid diagnosis and isolation of patients where infection control i
 s able to prevent further spread
LOCATION:Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Tennis Court Road
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