In our first season we look at pandemics, in particular the current COVID-19 global health crisis. This includes what we can learn from previous epidemics, the global response and policy measures.

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We begin our first season by exploring the global challenges posed by pandemics. In our first episode, we discuss the organisation at the very heart of the current COVID-19 response – the World Health Organisation (WHO). We survey the landscape of global health and talk about the first stages in responding to a global pandemic, as well as how the current crisis may change the WHO and global health forever, and perhaps our world.Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/preparing-africa-for-covid-19-learning-lessons-from-the-ebola-outbreak

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