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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. Read more

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Leading experts call for urgent action to enhance global infectious disease surveillance

Twenty-three representatives from infectious disease surveillance networks in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, including leading experts in epidemiological surveillance and health informatics, met from December 3-6, 2007 at the Rockefeller Conference Centre in Bellagio, Italy.
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"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."
— former Senator Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI

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

Watch NTI's Vice President for Global Health and Security Terence Taylor in YouTube video on MECIDS-IBM collaboration

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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

Watch NTI's Vice President for Global Health and Security Terence Taylor on ABC7 News (KGO San Francisco)

Sam Nunn speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle

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.
June 11, 2007
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Security and Public Health
Why do public health emergencies affect the security of a country?
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Developments in the Biosciences
Do Recent Scientific and Technological Advances Lower the Threshold for the Proliferation of Biological Weapons?
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Lessons from Select Public Health Events Having Relevance to Bioterrorism Preparedness
The intent of this briefing paper is to examine the responses of the public health and health delivery systems of three cities that were challenged by extraordinary disease outbreaks and draw lessons useful to those who are involved in bioterrorism preparedness.
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