Joint Hearing on Ebola in West Africa: A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat

Tuesday, September 16, 2014
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THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS
and
THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES,
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
 
JOINTLY HOLD THE FOLLOWING HEARING:
 
Time and Location:     2:30 p.m., in Room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building

 

Agenda:                      Ebola in West Africa: A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat
 
Witnesses:                  Panel I
 
Beth P. Bell, MD, MPH

Director

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, GA

 

Anthony S. Fauci, MD

Director

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, MD

 

Robin Robinson, PhD

Director

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Washington D.C.

 

Panel II

 

Kent Brantly, MD

Former Medical Director

Samaritan’s Purse Ebola Care Center in Monrovia, Liberia

Ebola Survivor

Fort Worth, Texas

 
Ishmael Alfred Charles
Program Manager, Sierra Leone
Healey International Relief Foundation
Freetown, Sierra Leone 
 
Subcommittees: 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies