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Special Coverage -- "Globalization and Infectious Diseases: Institutions, Policies, and the Threat of Bioterrorism" 11/6/2001 The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in association with Novartis Corporation, Washington, DC
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A one-day conference exploring globalization and infectious diseases. Featured speakers include Laurie Garrett, D.A. Henderson, Francis Fukuyama, Scott Barrett, Jeffrey Sachs, Eliot Cohen, Ken Alibek, and Tara O'Toole.
Keynote Addresses VIEW keynote addresses | VIEW Transcript Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Coming Plague and Betrayal of Trust; and D.A. Henderson, director, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies.
Globalization and Disease: Are Our Existing Institutions Up to the Job? VIEW Session | VIEW Transcript Speakers include Francis Fukuyama, SAIS; Seth Berkley, M.D., President and CEO of The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative; and Jeffrey Sachs, Galen L. Stone Professor and director, Center for International Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Globalization and Infectious Diseases: Policy Options VIEW Session | VIEW Transcript Speakers include David Fidler, associate professor of law, Indiana University; and Klaus Leisinger, executive director, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development.
Bioterrorism and Biological War: Is the Threat Real? Are We Prepared? VIEW Session | VIEW Transcript Speakers include Eliot Cohen, SAIS; Ken Alibek, corporate vice president, Hadron Inc. and author of Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World; and Tara O'Toole, deputy director, JHU Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies.
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