ID Physician. Associate Professor. Global public health, pandemic preparedness and response, emerging infectious diseases (COVID-19, viral hemorrhagic fevers, mpox). Former WHO medical officer in Health Emergencies. Section editor PLOS GPH and OFID.
Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA
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In response to NIH Director Dr. Bhattacharya's @wsj.com op-ed, @drdebhoury.bsky.social and I offer a different perspective on current U.S. Ebola policy.
"Pathogens don't recognize passports." Protecting Americans requires transparent, science-based policies & support for the frontline responders.
Want to know what it's like to be at the epicenter of the current #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC and helping to lead the response?
Read this outstanding interview with my colleague Chikwe Ihekweazu Executive Director of @who.int s Health Emergencies Programme.
www.science.org/content/arti...
As we spend enormous sums trying to contain the current #Ebola outbreak, it's worth asking: how much could we have saved—both financially and in human lives—if even a fraction of that investment had gone into preparedness
Preparedness is one of the most cost-effective investments we can make.
I am in #Uganda, where the government has mounted a prompt and capable response to the outbreak of #Ebola.
Screening at the borders helped detect cases arriving from neighbouring #DRC, and the country’s surveillance, testing and case management systems are doing steady work. 1/3
"The goal should be to strengthen partnerships … not place them in a position where they are perceived as bearing risks that wealthier nations are unwilling to assume themselves."
This makes me wonder if wealthy nations' lack of will to bear risks will lead to degradation of domestic capacity.
