Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Christie Reed, MD, MPH

Your patient has joined the Peace Corps and will be spending the next two years in Mali. What precautions does she need to take to safeguard her own health? Our guest, Dr. Christie Reed is a Travelers' Health Science Officer at the Centers for Disease Control. She is also the GeoSentinel Project Director of the Geographic Medicine and Health Promotion Branch within the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. As one of the editors of the CDC’s medical guide for travel medicine, Yellow Book she is a nationally recognized expert on travel medicine.