This week we are going to discuss Changing Trends in Communicable Diseases: Implications for Global Health. I just saw a video Larry Brilliant he explains in fascinating detail the key behind the successful WHO campaign to eradicate Smallpox, and then unveils his TEDPrize wish: to build a global system that detects each new disease or disaster as it emerges or occurs.
http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/files/larrybrilliant.html
I strongly recommend it. It is very inspiring. Surveillance system and epidemiological studies can be very difficult to real ice but they are fundamental for early detection and response. It is scare to think in a possible pandemic affecting our selves or our children, but hopefully people like Larry Brilliant, the GPHIN or maybe some of us can isolate the virus or bacteria and be able to stop the pandemic.
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Marina, I agree, his idea is brilliant, and all I could think of is that he should partner with google and make it happen.
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