It was exciting so thank you to steve in particular for organizing that segment. F a forn what are the implications of what weve heard this morning and particularly what are the implications as we look ahead to what can be done . And so im really excited about group that we have here. And let me just briefly introduce the panelists going across from my left. First is superkemp. Susan kemp. She is the Deputy Director of the Oneil Institute at georgetown university. Susan is trained in law, Public Health and business and holds jd, mp h m ba degrees to prove it. She is, in 2001 she served as special consultant to the state Department Regarding reforms to the global fund to fight aids, tb and malaria. Supers also worked extensively on a wide range of health law issues including implementation of the International Health regulations, Pandemic Response and Infectious Disease control. And so we are looking forward to susan bringing a legal perspective here to the discussion. Next to susan wev
The World Health Organization has predicted that the ebola virus will infect 20,000 people in west afterwhat by november afterwhat by November Africa by november. The president of liberia spoke about whats being done to fight the disease in her country where an estimated 1500 people have died. She spoke by internet at a Georgetown University conference on ebola. After her remarks, a Panel Discussed the diseases Economic Impact in the african countries affected. Morning, everybody. [inaudible] director of the program here at georgetown and a longtime economic adviser to president sir i have sir leaf and others in the government of liberia, and i think we are ready to go. I know we have a connection. There we are. Good afternoon, madam president. Thank you very much for taking the time to be with us here this morning in georgetown. We have a crowd of a couple of hundred people here that are very appreciative of you taking the time to join us today. So, first, i just want to thank you for
A Health System is diffuse. What is the intervention . Nets, drugs, spraying. But in Health Systems, the intervention is diffuse. There are many possible courses of action. Think of credit claiming opportunities with a specific disease, there is a number of people treated or burden averted. But there it but it is hard to measure the functioning of a Health System in costs are easy to specify but for Health Systems, it is not. Induration, a particular program might end, but Health Systems never do. Donors are worried about these things. When it comes to advocacy, they look around the room and say, well, who else is engaged . Who is leading . Many nations pay some kind of lip service or make some. Nvestment in Health Systems but the answers to do much more of that. Ebola is a warning to us. It is a warning for a disease that is often fatal, that is relatively hard to trend. But as you can see, in crumbled states, in nonfunctioning Health Systems, it has gone viral. I mean it, in a litera
Ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. Our first item is an employee recognition. Welldeserved for dr. Hali hammer and Roland Pickens who is the director of San Francisco Health Network and acting ceo will read the acknowledgement. Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you, commissioner green and commissioners for allowing me this opportunity to say a few words on behalf of someone i have known for many years and who is well deserving of this award and recognition. Dr. Hali hammer, what can i say . We met over 20 years ago at the Family Health center at then, San Francisco General Hospital, now zuckerberg San Francisco hospital, i think you were the associate medical director a few years out of residency and i was an associated administrator and your department was one of the departments i have responsibility for and so, its a pleasure working with you, both 20 years ago and the fact weve been able to Work Together ever since. And
Traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. Our first item is an employee recognition. Welldeserved for dr. Hali hammer and Roland Pickens who is the director of San Francisco Health Network and acting ceo will read the acknowledgement. Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you, commissioner green and commissioners for allowing me this opportunity to say a few words on behalf of someone i have known for many years and who is well deserving of this award and recognition. Dr. Hali hammer, what can i say . We met over 20 years ago at the Family Health center at then, San Francisco General Hospital, now zuckerberg San Francisco hospital, i think you were the associate medical director a few years out of residency and i was an associated