Lectures and seminars Ebola: from Goma to Stockholm, what can we learn?
27-08-2026 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Add to iCal
Hybrid Venue: Nils Ringertz, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 9, 171 65 Solna
Ebola: from Goma to Stockholm, what can we learn? hybrid seminar at KI, 27 August 2026
Photo: Martina Gustavsson, Kjell-Olof Höglund
The Centre for Health Crises welcomes you to a hybrid seminar on Ebola. Our speakers will share experiences from international operations on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as work on highly specialised care and preparedness for Ebola in Sweden. How does Ebola care work in each place, and what can we learn from one another?
The event is held in English.
Speakers:
- Martina Gustavsson, nurse and postdoctoral researcher at KI who, during June and July works for Médecins Sans Frontières on site in Ebola-affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Hedvig Glans, consultant in infectious diseases and affiliated with research at KI, expert coordinator at the Centre for Health Crises and formerly responsible for high-level isolation care at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, which is part of Sweden’s preparedness for treating Ebola patients.
- Klara Sondén, Deputy State Epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden and affiliated to research at KI. She is the medical supervisor for preparedness diagnostics in Sweden and scientific coordinator for the EU reference lab consortium for emerging rodent-borne and zoonotic viruses.
Moderator:
- Anneli Eriksson, nurse and research specialist in global disaster medicine at KI, who has worked on site in several Ebola outbreaks, including the major outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
Date and registration:
27 August 2026, 15.30–17.00
Venue:
The seminar is hybrid. You can attend in person in the Nils Ringertz room (Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 9, 171 65 Solna) or online via Zoom.