Speeches
Sam Nunn speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle. [pdf]
June 11, 2007
NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn addresses the need for global cooperation to better protect against biological threats – whether they are naturally occurring or intentionally caused.
Turner, Nunn, Health Experts Release
Results of Georgia Exercises, Propose Actions to Improve Preparedness for
Bioterrorism and Bird Flu [pdf]
April 18, 2006
The State of Georgia has conducted a series of emergency response
exercises designed to test and improve readiness to respond to public
health threats, including biological terrorism and avian flu.
Sam
Nunn Discusses Need for New Public-Private Partnership to
Reduce the Threat of Bioterrorism [pdf]
December 9, 2004
NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn says that active leadership of the
scientific community is essential to develop norms of scientific
behavior that will secure dangerous biological materials without
suffocating scientific research.
Regarding
the Report of the UN High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges
and Change [pdf]
December 2, 2004
NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn commends the panel for recognizing
that "we need to do more, faster" to reduce the
threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and
materials.
"Public
Health Preparedness and Our Global Security", by NTI
Co-Chairman Sam Nunn [pdf]
June 19, 2002
In remarks at a CDC sponsored conference on "Public Health
and the Law," Senator Nunn outlines several of the key
policy issues facing the U.S. and the world with a particular
focus on the importance of public health becoming an 'indispensable
pillar' in our global security framework.
Articles and Op-Eds
"IHR News: The WHO Quarterly Bulletin on IHR Implementation"
March 31, 2010
Published on the World Health Organization's website, the quarterly bulletin outlines news on the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005), epidemiology, and disease surveillance from across the six WHO regions.
"Gearing Up for Prevention: The Hajj Meets H1N1"
By Jill Dougherty
March 31, 2010
Published on CNN's website, the article addresses epidemiological risks associated with the yearly Hajj, and describes what partnerships such as MECIDS are doing to address these risks.
"New Tuberculosis Lab Hailed as Breakthrough in Health Diplomacy"
By Richard Stone
March 12, 2010
Published in Science magazine, the article details the threat of a tuberculosis epidemic in North Korea and efforts undertaken by NTI and others to build a tuberculosis lab.
"Tuberculosis: North Korea Develops TB Laboratory with Help from American Doctors"
By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
March 2, 2010
Published in The New York Times, the article details NTI's support for the development of a laboratory in North Korea that will be capable of identifying drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.
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Press Releases
Global Disease Surveillance Network CHORDS to Increase Cooperation on Health Security with Support from NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative [pdf]
March 22, 2010
Marking a new era of cooperation on health security, a global gathering of disease surveillance health specialists concluded a three-day conference in Annecy, France.
New Tuberculosis Lab Developed in North Korea with Support from NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative [pdf]
February 25, 2010
"With the emergence of drug resistant forms of TB, international cooperation is essential, and this work is vital to reduce biological risks and advance health security," said former Senator Sam Nunn, co-chairman of NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative.
Graduate Scholarships Awarded to Mekong Basin Students to Advance Global Health Security in Cambodia and Laos [pdf]
November 12, 2008
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.
MECIDS-IBM Technology Wins Computerworld Award [pdf]
June 2, 2008
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.
NTI's Global Health and Security Program Receives Major Grant from Google Foundation [pdf]
January 17, 2008
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.
Southeast Asian Nations Conduct Joint Exercise in Cambodia to Improve Flu Pandemic Response [pdf]
March 14, 2007
Senior government officials from six Southeast Asian countries today completed a first-ever simulation exercise designed to test responses to a pandemic influenza emergency.
Testimony
Margaret
A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
September 10, 2008
Dr. Hamburg emphasized the urgency and unique nature of the bioterror threat and addressed the strategies needed to strengthen biosecurity globally.
Dr.
Mark S. Smolinski, testifies at the 2005 Meeting of Experts
of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva [pdf]
June 15, 2005
NTI's Vice President of Biological Programs and Director of
the Global Health and Security Initiative underscored the
need to tackle the challenge of safeguarding life sciences
through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach that
engages both the biomedical science and security communities.
Margaret
A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the House Committee on Government
Reform [pdf]
April 9, 2003
Dr. Hamburg testifies on important concerns raised by the
emergence and ongoing response to the SARS outbreak, as well
as broader issues of emerging infections, public health and
security.
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