Monkeypox and new infectious threats from zoonotic diseases pose challenges for already strained public health systems and professionals.
The November session of Hot Topics in Practice will share insight from the State Medical Epidemiologist for Washington State about the response to Monkeypox and how public health professionals can prepare for and respond to other zoonotic outbreaks.
Presenter:
Scott Lindquist, MD, MPH
State Medical Epidemiologist for Washington State
These monthly Web-conferencing events, sponsored by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, provide an authoritative hour-long forum for discussing topics that are important to the public health practice community and the tribal health units in the six Northwest states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.