Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox and Polio
The 2022 Astor Lecture in the Medical Humanities
Speaker: Professor Lawrence Gostin (Georgetown)
Watch the 2022 Astor Lecture here:
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Oxford Medical Humanities is hosting Professor Lawrence Gostin, renowned expert in global health governance, for a University of Oxford Astor Visiting Lectureship in October 2022. On Monday 3 October, Prof Gostin will give the 2022 Astor Lecture in the Medical Humanities, ‘Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox’. This will be followed by a drinks reception. The Astor Lecture is free to attend but registration is required.
The world has experienced a series of fast moving novel pathogens, from influenza viruses (H1N1) and Ebola, to coronaviruses (SARS, MERS, and COVID-19) and monkeypox. What is driving this seeming acceleration of infectious disease threats? Why have governments and international organizations such as the World Health Organization been so unprepared? Why have normative instruments like the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework been inadequate and why have governments so uniformly failed to comply? What might harden our national and global capacities to prevent, respond to, and recover from pandemic threats? And what new innovations are in process to advance global health security, such as WHO modernization, IHR reforms, and a new pandemic treaty? Beyond all, how can nations and the international community achieve a more just and equitable distribution of lifesaving medical resources, such as diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics. This Astor Lecture will explore each of these questions through multiple disciplinary lenses.
There will be an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion of Prof Gostin’s Astor Lecture on Tuesday 4 October at 11 am. This is free to attend but registration is required.
Register here to attend in person
Please find the full programme here:
Monday 3 October 2022: 2022 Astor Lecture in Medical Humanities, Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox and Polio,
Tuesday 4 October 2022: Astor Interdisciplinary Roundtable, Global Health Emergencies: From Ebola and Covid-19 to Monkeypox and Polio,
Wednesday 5 October 2022: Astor Graduate Student and ECR Lunchtime Workshop, Global Health Emergencies and the Medical Humanities,
