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Harvard-LSHTM Panel on Ebola

In 2015, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine convened an Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. “The Ebola crisis has laid bare the inadequacy of the global response.  We need a thorough, careful analysis of what went wrong, and how we might do better in the future,” said Dr. Ashish K. Jha. “The Harvard Global Health Institute is pleased to partner with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to create a unique platform for assessing the global response in a way that leads to real actions for change.” 

Chaired by Dr. Peter Piot of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Co-Chaired by Dr. Ashish Jha of the Harvard Global Health Institute, Dr. Muhammad Pate of Duke Global Health Institute, and Dr. Devi Sridhar of the Edinburgh Medical School; the 19 international panelists represent varying backgrounds and areas of expertise. “International solidarity has had a positive impact in this outbreak and it is crucial we keep up the momentum to prepare fully for future threats. I look forward to working alongside these leading experts to strengthen global health systems and improve surveillance to enable early detection of the next epidemic,” said Dr. Peter Piot, co-discoverer of Ebola and Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 

The Panel held its inaugural meeting in Boston in March 2015, followed by a second meeting in London in June 2015. Over the course of the meetings, the panel assessed thematic areas including: leadership, coordination and advocacy; international rules; financing; operational response and operational research; and health technology R&D. 

The Panel’s work resulted in a publication in The Lancet entitled “Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. A report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola”. The report analyzes the major weaknesses in the global health system exposed by the Ebola outbreak, and offers workable recommendations for medium-to-long-term institutional changes required to address them. 

Panelists

The Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola, is made up of 19 international panelists representing varying backgrounds and areas of expertise. 

The complete list of panelists is as follows:

Dr. Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Chair)
Dr. Ashish Jha, Harvard Global Health Institute/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Co-chair)
Dr. Muhammad Pate, Duke Global Health Institute (Co-chair)
Dr. Devi Sridhar, Edinburgh Medical School (Co-chair)
Dr. Suerie Moon, Harvard Global Health Institute/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/Harvard Kennedy School (Study Director)
Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation
Ms. Sophie Delaunay, Médecins Sans Frontières
Ms. Valnora Edwin, Campaign for Good Governance
Dr. Mosoka Fallah, Action Contre La Faim International (ACF)
Mr. David Fidler, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Dr. Laurie Garrett, Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Eric Goosby, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Larry Gostin, Georgetown University
Dr. David Heymann, Chatham House
Dr. Kelley Lee, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Gabriel Leung, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Steve Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Jorge Saavedra, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Dr. Marcel Tanner, Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Related Work

Jointly Produced Work

Dr. Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Chair)

Dr. Ashish Jha, Harvard Global Health Institute/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Co-chair)

Dr. Devi Sridhar, Edinburgh Medical School (Co-chair)

Dr. Suerie Moon, Harvard Global Health Institute/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/Harvard Kennedy School (Study Director)

Ms. Sophie Delaunay, Médecins Sans Frontières

Dr. Mosoka Fallah, Action Contre La Faim International (ACF)

Dr. Laurie Garrett, Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Larry Gostin, Georgetown University

Dr. David Heymann, Chatham House

Dr. Kelley Lee, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Marcel Tanner, Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute