BRC Scholar Meaghan Thumath, an assistant professor of public health and emergencies at the University of British Columbia, worked with the World Health Organization during another Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019.
Thumath said global outbreaks matter, no matter where in the world we live.
“As we know, infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” she said.
“In North America, I think there’s a perception like, ‘oh, these [outbreaks] only happen over there,’ but rapid containment is so crucial for global health security. And so the best thing we can do is to share our experts, to share our resources, and make sure it’s contained.”
