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DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday Feb 18th\, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Students Fight Ebola will be hos
 ting “Fighting Ebola – Prevention\, Progress\, and Perspectives’\, a speak
 er series featuring experts on the Ebola Virus outbreak. Each of the speak
 ers will give a talk on their perspective on the Ebola Virus outbreak in W
 est Africa and other parts of the world\, followed by a question period an
 d a wine and cheese.  The event will be held in the Palmer Amphitheatre in
  the McIntyre Medical Building at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ from 6:30PM – 8:00PM. 
 For tickets and more information\, please go to www.mcgillfightsebola.ca/e
 vents.  The speakers:  1. Dr. Srinivas Murthy  Dr. Srinivas Murthy is an i
 nfectious disease clinician based in British Columbia. He completed his Me
 dical degree at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ and Pediatric Residency Training at Boston Children
 ’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School). He has special clinical and research
  interests in severe infections of childhood. He was recently in Liberia w
 orking on Ebola response management with the World Health Organization.  2
 . Dr. Rachel Kiddell-Monroe  Rachel Kiddell-Monroe\, a lawyer and an activ
 ist\, specializes in humanitarian assistance\, global health\, governance 
 and bioethics. After working on indigenous rights and East Timor independe
 nce with grassroots organisations in Indonesia from 1989 to 1992\, Rachel 
 joined Médecins sans Frontières. With MSF she headed emergency humanitaria
 n missions in Djibouti\, Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) and Rwa
 nda before\, during and after the genocide. After becoming programme direc
 tor of MSF Canada\, she was appointed Regional Humanitarian Affairs Adviso
 r for Latin America based in Costa Rica from 1999-2003.  3. ...and one mor
 e speaker!    The Ebola outbreak is still not over. Despite the lag of Ebo
 la in the media\, the virus continues to ravage West Africa and has now ta
 ken over 8\,000 lives. 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Global Health Programs and several student g
 roups at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ have joined efforts in support of two well-recognized char
 itable organizations: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MS
 F) and Partners in Health who have been working tirelessly to get this epi
 demic under control by running treatment centres\, coordinating education 
 and community building programs and facilitating Ebola vaccine clinical tr
 ials.    Join our fight against the Ebola outbreak. Go to 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·ÑFightsEbol
 a.ca to DONATE to this amazing groups.  Stay up to date with the events th
 at we will be running by liking our Facebook page: www.fb.com/mcgillvsebol
 a and following us on Twitter @mcgillfightsebola   If you want to get invo
 lved in promoting this campaign as a student or an organization\, please e
 mail info [at] mcgillfightsebola.ca
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LOCATION:Room 522\, R. Howard Palmer Amphitheatre\, McIntyre Medical Buildi
 ng\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:Fighting Ebola – Prevention\, Progress\, and Perspectives
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