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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
Health
Infectious Diseases
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A Lethal Bird Flu Returns to ChinaA surge in deaths in China from a virulent form of influenza has set off a scramble among health officials to find infected bird stocks, while experts have yet to produce a viable vaccine, writes CFR’s Laurie Garrett.
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World AIDS Day 2016 in South AfricaThursday, December 1, is World AIDS Day, a fitting occasion to call attention to an HIV vaccine clinical trial that has started in South Africa. The vaccine being tested is based on one used in a Tha…
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Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Response to Polio outbreak in the Lake Chad BasinThe public reappearance of polio in northeast Nigeria is a disappointment. Nigeria had been thought to be free of polio for two years. The recent cases of paralysis caused by polio are likely the res…
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A Conversation With Dame Sally DaviesDame Sally Davies discusses the challenges of responding to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the need for a global action plan following the high level meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Polio in Northern NigeriaThe appearance of two cases of polio in northern Nigeria is an unmitigated tragedy. Anybody who has traveled in the region and seen firsthand the victims of paralysis caused by polio can but weep. An…
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The Zika Threat Moves NorthThe Zika virus is spreading to North America, and U.S. delays in approving research and funding could lead to a public health disaster, write Larry Brilliant and CFR’s Laurie Garrett.
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Back to the Future of Global Health SecurityTo contain infectious disease outbreaks like Zika and Ebola, global health authorities must learn from past efforts to motivate the private and nonprofit sectors around problems of the poor, write CFR’s Thomas Bollyky and PATH CEO Steve Davis.
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Zika Virus UpdateExperts discuss the Zika virus health emergency, its impact on Brazil, and actions that need to be taken to prevent a crisis.
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Lessons Learned After the Ebola CrisisThomas Frieden discusses lessons learned from the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
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Good News From Northern NigeriaSometimes, it seems like the bad news from Nigeria never stops. Tucked away in the December 23, New York Times was a brief notice that on December 22, explosions in Gombe state killed at least twenty…
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On-the-Ground Views of the Ebola Crisis in Liberia and Sierra LeoneNancy A. Aossey, Laurie Garrett, and David Nabarro, join Richard E. Besser to discuss the panelists' recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and the international response to the crisis.
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On-the-Ground Views of The Ebola Crisis in Liberia and Sierra LeoneNancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFR’s senior fellow for global health, and David Nabarro, the UN’s special envoy on Ebola, join Richard E. Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, to discuss the panelists’ recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and the international response to the crisis.
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The Downside of Securitizing the Ebola VirusFear and overreaction to the Ebola outbreak threaten to undermine effective responses to the pandemic, writes CFR’s Yanzhong Huang.
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Ebola
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Laurie Garrett offers a masterful account of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Zaire, and argues these lessons learned must be applied to solve the Ebola crisis of 2014. -
Are Americans Overreacting to the Ebola Virus?Compared with the havoc wreaked by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the virus thus far has only led to three confirmed cases in the United States. The fear and anxiety however has spread much faste…
