Sylvie Champaloux Briand is a French physician who is Director of the Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases Department at the World Health Organization.
[10] The BRaVE initiative created a public health agenda that addressed gaps of knowledge on respiratory infections, partnered with decision making bodies and engaged with the pharmaceutical industry.
[10] In 2017 Briand was involved with the launch of OpenWHO, a massive open online course that trained first responders in how to handle medical emergencies.
[11] She established EDCARN, a network of clinicians all around the world who trained health workers to fight the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.
[14] Alongside providing acute medical advice, Briand emphasised the need to engage communities to stop the spread of the disease, as well as burying patients who die with dignity and appropriate safety precautions.
[14] The management of Ebola was a complex challenge; making burials safe required the World Health Organization to adapt their advice to address local beliefs.
[24] She believes that after the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, countries prepared; they created stockpiles and made plans.