00.00, Monday 15 June 2015
Fellows are invited to attend a discussion dinner at the Academy featuring a talk by Professor Maria Zambon FMedSci, Director, Reference Microbiology Services, Public Health England.
Attendance costs £60 per head which includes drinks and a three-course meal. Fellows may bring one non-Fellow guest.
For more information contact info@acmedsci.ac.uk or book a place using the form below.
Abstract:
The International Health Regulations (IHR) were introduced following the global epidemic of SARS in 2003. The IHR framework was intended to assist global disease control for newly emerging infections such as Pandemic Influenza and MERS CoV. Although the IHR have strengthened the surveillance and reporting framework for the detection of novel infections, there are many challenges that all countries face in responding to emerging infections, particularly in the absence of basic health system capacity and capability.
Health systems buckle under unexpected challenges and are most vulnerable to lack of adequate infection control and appropriate interventions in the face of unexpected and severe infections. Mobilising the global clinical and research community is necessary to develop and deliver interventions for new and emerging infections. Some of these challenges will be discussed with reference to MERs CoV, Pandemic Influenza and recent Ebola outbreaks.