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The Global Health and Security Initiative is working around the world
to prevent, detect, and respond to biological threats. The initiative
develops and implements the biological programs of NTI,
a non-profit organization co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn.
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Connecting and enhancing regional disease surveillance networks around the worldGHSI is working with disease surveillance networks around the world to share best practices in governance, training, capacity building and communication. These efforts are part of GHSI's goal to implement the December 2007 Bellagio Call for Action. Read more |
"Our
response to a biological outbreak — whether caused by nature
or by the deliberate act of man — will depend on our public
health infrastructure (doctors, nurses, labs, hospitals) and
networks — not on our ships or planes or tanks." |
Graduate Scholarships Awarded to Mekong Basin Students to Advance Global Health Security in Cambodia and Laos
The Nuclear Threat Initiative's Global Health and Security Initiative (GHSI) and Fondation Mérieux (FMx) have announced that 10 scholarships have been awarded to graduate students in Cambodia and Laos that will allow these veterinary and epidemiology professionals to earn online degrees while continuing to provide critical health care in their home countries. Read Press Release 
MECIDS-IBM Technology Wins Computerworld Award
The Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance (MECIDS) has been recognized by the Computerworld Honors Program for its work to create a unique technology to enhance data-sharing and epidemiological surveillance. The Public Health Information Affinity Domain is a secure Web-based portal system that can help contain and minimize the impact of diseases throughout the region. This work was conducted in partnership with IBM and NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative. Read Press Release
NTI's Global Health and Security Program Receives Major Grant from Google Foundation
The Google Foundation today announced a $2.5 million grant to NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative (GHSI) to greatly enhance its work to rapidly detect, identify and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in Southeast Asia.
January 17, 2008 Read Press Release
Security and Public Health
Developments in the Biosciences
Lessons from Select Public Health Events Having Relevance to Bioterrorism Preparedness
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