Building Global Health Security from the Ground Up
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Community health workers, social media networks, and local residents serve as the first line of defense against global health risks, especially infectious diseases and bioterrorism. While top-down initiatives provide essential resources to detect looming threats, including sophisticated surveillance and diagnostic tools, outbreaks are most likely to be detected first at the local level. Right now, the lines of communication that should tie governments and large-scale NGOs to people on the ground are fractured or nonexistent. How do we form partnerships that empower residents of neighborhoods and towns, in urban and rural settings, to serve as the eyes and ears of global health security?
Speakers
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Peggy ClarkVice President; Executive Director, Aspen Global Innovators Group; Dir...
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Agnes BinagwahoVice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity; Senior Lecturer,...
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Raj PanjabiCEO, Last Mile Health; Associate Physician, Division of Global Health...
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Prabhjot SinghDirector, Arnhold Institute for Global Health and Chairman, Department...
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Christopher KirchhoffPartner, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental
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Ngozi EronduAssistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; C...
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