U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation - Ebola Outbreak Coordination Conference Call

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Event: Corporate Citizenship Center - Ebola Outbreak Coordination Conference Call
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 2:00pm

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) hosted a conference call on Friday, September 26 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Over the past six months, an Ebola outbreak has affected five countries in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone).  The current outbreak is unprecedented in scale and geographical reach: the present West Africa outbreak has a higher caseload than all other previous Ebola crises combined.  Worse yet, the United Nations reports that the outbreak continues to accelerate, with almost 40% of the total cases occurring in the past 21 days.

CCC’s Ebola coordination conference call will provide updated information on the humanitarian response and the efforts to contain the disease.  It will also detail ways that the business community can help.

CLICK HERE - Listen to the Call Archive

CLICK HERE - View the Ebola Outbreak Corporate Aid Tracker

Speakers

    Dr. Beth Bell,Director of National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Joe Ruiz, Director, UPS Humanitarian Relief Program, The UPS Foundation
    Rabih Torbay, Vice President of International Operations, International Medical Corps
    Ken Isaacs, Vice President of Programs and Government Relations, Samaritan’s Purse
    Lisa Doughten, Chief Adviser, Resource Mobilization and Private Sector Relations, UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response and Chief of the CERF Secretariat, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Participants

The call is for officials from donor companies, corporate foundations, local chambers of commerce, humanitarian aid organizations, and members of the media.

A Q&A session will follow the prepared remarks

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