UNMC dean headed to Sierra Leone to help coordinate Ebola response
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Bob Glissmann
A University of Nebraska Medical Center dean is headed to Sierra Leone to help coordinate the health care response to the Ebola outbreak there.
Dr. Ali Khan, dean of UNMC’s College of Public Health, flew to Geneva on Tuesday to meet with officials at the World Health Organization’s headquarters. He then will continue to the West African nation, which has been hit hard by the often-deadly disease.
So far, about 10,500 Ebola cases have been reported in Sierra Leone, with 3,200 deaths.
Khan, 51, a former “disease detective” and administrator with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is expected to be in the country for four to six weeks.
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Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, addresses reporters at a press conference at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Sept. 5, 2014.
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