Davos 2015 - Pandemics: Whose Problem?
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2015-02-02

http://www.weforum.org/

As the Ebola outbreak has highlighted, the world’s initial ability to provide human and material resources to the affected countries has been abysmal. How can we better respond to future epidemics?
- What lessons can be learned from previous outbreaks?
- Who is responsible for taking action?

• Baroness Amos, Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York; Global Agenda Council on Risk & Resilience.
• Kofi Annan, Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation, Switzerland; Secretary-General, United Nations (1997-2006).
• Moustapha Ben Barka, Special Adviser, Office of the President of the Republic of Mali, Mali; Global Agenda Council on the Demographic Dividend.
• Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Schein, USA; Global Agenda Council on Risk & Resilience.
• Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on the Demographic Dividend.

Moderated by
• Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Rome; Global Agenda Council on Food & Nutrition Security.