Accelerating infectious disease outbreaks from humans and animals—along with potential bioterror and lab error events—threatens lives and livelihoods around the globe. Policymakers, public officials, researchers, healthcare providers, funders, and the public each have unique opportunities to make the world safer from such catastrophic threats.
On November 9th, 2018, Dr. Jonathan Quick, international public health expert on a mission to protect humanity from deadly infectious disease epidemics, discussed his new book, The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It, as well as his leadership in building and growing Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global nonprofit organization.
Jonathan (Jono) Quick, MD, MPH
Jono Quick is senior fellow emeritus and former president and CEO at MSH and former director of essential medicines at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. He has been a resident health systems advisor in Pakistan and Kenya and has carried out assignments to improve the health and lives of people in over 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Dr. Quick is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Public Health.