Dr Jeremy Farrar interview and PDF transcript

[00:00:00] Introduces self, currently director of the Wellcome Trust. [00:01:40] Recalls tsars and bird flu, comparisons to Ebola, key window of opportunity to conduct research. [00:05:00] Compares previous Ebola outbreaks with 2014 outbreak, impact of connected travel this time and how the wider social context had changed, recalls Chatham House meeting in May 2014, Ebola article in June in the guardian newspaper, feelings over not responding earlier to Ebola. [00:07:45] Separation of public health interventions and clinical medicine, impact of people looking at this Ebola outbreak through the lens of other outbreaks. [00:09:00] Fast track development of different types of vaccines, choosing which type of vaccine and protection for public vs health staff, important to support both types of vaccine. [00:15:00] Ring vaccination, smallpox vaccination, different countries and different types of Ebola vaccines. [00:19:40] Differences in trial designs, controls of trials. [00:24:50] TKM-Ebola drug trial. [00:28:45] Different types of trial, adapting clinical trial protocols, talks about different Ebola treatment for people from different countries. [00:31:30] Tsars outbreaks, previous intervention measures in earlier centuries how they compare in the 21st century. [00:36:00] Surveillance, diagnostics, triage. [00:38:30] Thoughts on if the 2014 Ebola outbreak was a global health crisis. [00:41:02] End of interview.

12/08/2015

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