Han pasado dos años desde que el COVID-19 apareció, y desde entonces se han dedicado grandes esfuerzos para evitar que vuelva a suceder un evento similar. Y, aunque seguimos aprendiendo las lecciones que esta pandemia nos trajo, los expertos aseguran que esta no será la última vez que una enfermedad infecciosa o relativamente extraña surja de nuevo, de hecho, el reciente brote … [Lee más...] about ¿Podría la conservación natural ayudarnos a prevenir la próxima pandemia?
Neil Vora
Neil Vora
Neil Vora is a physician with Conservation International where he leads its efforts on pandemic prevention. He previously served for nearly a decade with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer. Neil deployed for CDC to Liberia in 2014 and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019 to assist in the responses to the two largest Ebola outbreaks ever. From 2020-2021, Neil developed and led New York City’s COVID-19 contact tracing program, overseeing a team of over 3,000 people. He still sees patients in a public tuberculosis clinic in New York City. He is currently an Associate Editor at CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, an Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Columbia University, and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.