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Going viral: Infectious disease in the 21st century
![In Conversation with Robert Redfield, Director of the CDC](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullf3818259-2568-48bc-91b7-ca8453faac3e/RobertRedfield_AIH19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=630%2C0%2C601%2C900&w=400)
On any given day, dedicated scientists at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are promoting childhood vaccines, advancing disease prevention, tamping...
![Community Health Workers: The Line of First Defense](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e515a509-3b71-4630-a883-40e7c4fb93d5/42056510915_201cb8e05b_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C5%2C3000%2C1689&w=400)
Community health workers bring lifesaving care to hard-to-reach locations. More than one billion people inhabit areas so remote that they lack any access to healthcare, but no...
![Pandemics and the Existential Threat to Global Security](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null176402f5-fb1b-4354-a9e4-11d26b18ca9d/35591525946_6136c241bb_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C6720%2C3782&w=400)
Often overshadowed by terrorism, nuclear weapons, and cybercrime in the public imagination, pandemics may actually be the more existential threat to human civilization. And mo...
![Understanding the Genetics Revolution](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/b51be0a7-babc-422f-a00e-1c8333b51495/DNA_card.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=270%2C0%2C350%2C350&w=400)
![Deep Dive: Growing a Global Health Workforce](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9c39281f-8a07-4a8c-8360-ae33543b9652/35359081802_231af245ce_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=1246%2C0%2C3269%2C4912&w=400)
By 2030, the world will face a shortage of almost 14 million health care workers. In the United States alone, we’ll need as many as 35,000 more primary care doctors over the n...
![What’s Next in Global Health?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null40ec3588-34c9-4051-8963-e1ca00684baa/34716331023_2313359c14_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C313%2C1063%2C599&w=400)
Global health today is characterized by a mix of promising developments and troubling trends. Life expectancy is on the rise, and maternal and child mortality rates are fallin...
![Deep Dive: Preventing Pandemics](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null4b5541a1-5363-45cb-acbb-59fa1a51edc9/35465966606_015a3d00e7_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=564%2C172%2C1012%2C569&w=400)
Infectious diseases represent one of the greatest threats to global health and security. The failures of the Ebola crisis demonstrated that we remain woefully unprepared, but...
![Building Global Health Security from the Ground Up](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld69e2b2a-783b-4adc-b26f-973b4dc88172/35338048902_1a6d46df0b_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C31%2C1600%2C898&w=400)
Community health workers, social media networks, and local residents serve as the first line of defense against global health risks, especially infectious diseases and bioterr...
![Can Zika Be Contained?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/08dff6ec-0b17-42ab-9f70-5fb778bd32fc/27880994725_e8bf25d0b1_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=2453%2C0%2C4907%2C4912&w=400)