Kaiser web briefing for journalists to focus on coverage of Ebola outbreak; event is Sept. 30

The Kaiser Family Foundation is hosting a web briefing for journalists to discuss the global response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The one-hour event will begin at 3 p.m. ET on Sept. 30. Topics will include: How has the United States contributed? What will the response be in the coming weeks and months? What key lessons can be learned from this outbreak, and what can be learned by comparing the outbreak to other large-scale disasters?

Guests are: Steve Monroe, deputy director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control; Sophie Delaunay, executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières; Jen Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation vice president and director of global health and HIV policy; and Josh Michaud, Kaiser Family Foundation associate director of global health policy. After a brief introduction, the majority of the session will be question and answer time. For more information or to register click here.