Our second panel will assess chinas role in Global Health and activities in the United States. We will start with rosemary gibson, introduce everybody first and then we will go to ms. Gibson. We will start with rosemary gibson, whose name has been mentioned already several times if you were here. Who is a Senior Advisor pasting Center Perspectives at the jama internal medicine. She is author china rx, exposing the risk ab next we will hear from ben westhoff an awardwinning investigative journalist mr. Westhoff new book retinol incorporated how roby chemists are creating the deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic. Will be published in september. The book focuses on that know with now kills more americans annually than any drug in american history. Our third panelist is jennifer buie who is a senior policy researcher and detained chair in china publicity stall is at the rain corporation. As an epidemiologist with training and clinical medicine and quantitative methods, doctor buie Researc
Member mr. Smith. Today we are here to discuss the eradication of ebola, and the medical advancements and Lessons Learned in trying to suppress this deadly disease. Ebola is one of the deadliest viral disease in the world has become a part of the Global Health landscape. The recent discovery up in a bowl of vaccine and better healthcare employee training have helped improve response times to outbreaks and decrease the ability of the virus transmitting to rural areas. However evil outbreaks are often complicated by regional conflicts, lack of trust between local communities and practitioners, and armed groups attacking and burning down treatment centers. This hearing will address the challenges and opportunities to combat the transmission of ebola, and the effort and collaboration deeded by appropriate stakeholders. I look forward to hearing more from our witnesses regarding the ebola vaccines and how they are being used in this most recent outbreak. Without objection, all members may h
Justin we want to thank the panel is for joining us here today and thank the audience were attending or watching online or on he spent and join us upstairs for sandwiches and cokes. Thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] this subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself, with the purpose of making an opening statement. Today, this subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization, and our relationship, as the United States, with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. It played a key role in eradicating smallpox, and significantly
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Ank you so much. In the last the world has persevered through a deadly pandemic that has claimed nearly 7 million lives across now, as we reflect on the International Response to this Public Health crisis to the future, we must do so with a commitment to advancing Global Health security. There is no International Organization as central to this work, as the World Health Organization. Which, has contributed to monumental advancements in healthcare access, improvements in Population Health outcomes, and the defeat of deadly diseases, even in the furthest corners of the world. The w. H. O. s continued surveillance of Global Health threats have helped prevent outbreaks of deadly diseases, such as measles from arriving on our shores. The w. H. O. s global vaccination programs have helped contribute to an overall 54 increase in global Life Expectancy in the last 70 years, and put us on track to prevent 51 Million Deaths from measles, and hepatitis b around the world. So, i want the time to e