Category: Global Health Seminars
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Decisive Leadership During Pandemics
Among the factors shaping pandemic response, decisive leadership is emerging as a key determinant of strengthened response. The COVID-19 crisis requires leaders who are able to…
December 18, 2020
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The Role of the Bioeconomy in Ending this Pandemic and Preventing the Next One
What happens when a new era of epidemic risk collides with the beginnings of a revolution in biology? With response to COVID-19, we are finding out. In this presentation Ryan…
November 13, 2020
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Safeguarding the Bioeconomy
Biological threats have historically focused on addressing emerging infectious diseases or the possibility of engineering a virus that could start the zombie apocalypse. Today,…
October 23, 2020
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COVID-19: Where Are the Women?
Outbreaks affect men and women differently. This has been evident during Ebola, Zika, and cholera, but it has become acutely evident during COVID-19. Not only are women…
September 18, 2020
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Influenza Vaccine Security and Supply During a Pandemic
Featured Mark Eccleston-Turner is a lecturer in law at Keele University. His research specialism is in the field of international law and infectious diseases. Within this, his…
February 21, 2020
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“Woke!”: Global and Local Biosafety/Biosecurity Missions in Light of Cura Personalis
Biosafety and biosecurity are essential elements to be addressed in worldwide infectious disease threats in the face of heightened world travel and in yet-to-be met international…
October 25, 2019
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Ebola in 2019: What Has Changed Since 2014
The Ebola virus disease outbreak that affected West Africa from 2014 to 2016 was the largest and most complex on record since the virus was first discovered in the 1970’s. In…
September 27, 2019
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10 Years and Counting
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working collaboratively with other U.S. government agencies, ministries of health, the World Health Organization, and…
May 8, 2019
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Governance Challenges to Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
The International Health Regulations (2005) are the most important document governing the responses to public health emergencies. Implementation of the IHR (2005) within a state…
April 25, 2019
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The Role of Vaccines in Global Health Security
Long before global health security became a term of art, vaccines were protecting communities from infectious diseases and outbreaks, and their disruptive effects on health and…
April 12, 2019