Canadian heading World Health Organization’s fight against monkeypox
MONTREAL — A Canadian is playing a major role in the World Health Organizations’ fight against monkeypox.
Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the technical lead for the effort to combat a global outbreak of the virus at the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, grew up in Thunder Bay, Ont., and Ottawa.
A graduate of McGill University’s school of medicine, Lewis practiced in Montreal before joining the WHO. The organization is currently working to quell the spread of monkeypox, which comes from the same family of viruses as smallpox.
The Canadian Press reached Lewis in Geneva, Switzerland for an interview.