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> From: Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: GHSA Stimson Center event
> Date: December 1, 2015 at 3:04:39 PM EST
> To: michael.d.mcdonald@me.com, ssm20@cumc.columbia.edu, hurlburt@md.metrocast.net, gavinms@gmail.com
> Cc: Hank.Rappaport@medstar.net
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> Mike/ All
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> I guess by now you have seen this news . . .
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> WHO urges Ukraine to declare state of emergency amid polio outbreak
> http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/who-urges-ukraine-to-declare-state-of-emergency-amid-polio-outbreak-1.2681644
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> UN health agency: Ukraine should declare a state of emergency in wake of polio outbreak
> http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/12/01/un-polio-outbreak-in-ukraine-is-a-state-of-emergency
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> Kathy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@me.com>
> To: Stephen Morse <ssm20@cumc.columbia.edu>; George Hurlburt <hurlburt@md.metrocast.net>; Gavin Macgregor-Skinner <gavinms@gmail.com>
> Cc: Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>; Hank Rappaport <Hank.Rappaport@medstar.net>
> Sent: Tue, Dec 1, 2015 1:56 pm
> Subject: Fwd: GHSA Stimson Center event
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> George and colleagues,
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> You may want to consider going to this meeting, It is an extension of a meeting I was in in UNHQ in New York last month. Ambassador Jenkins recommended that I go to this meeting as well, but I will be in Africa.
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> Mike
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> Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
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> Coordinator
> Global Health Response and Resilience Alliance
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> Chairman
> Oviar Global Resilience Systems, Inc.
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> Executive Director
> Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc.
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> Cell: 202-468-7899
> Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com <mailto:Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com>
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> http://resiliencesystem.org <http://resiliencesystem.org/>
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> Subject: GHSA Stimson Center event
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> The Global Health Security Agenda Grows and Expands
> Friday, December 4, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
> RSVP HERE <http://redirect.state.sbu/?url=http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheStimsonCenter/6f136da571/TEST/85989d59aa/usp=send_form>
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> At the most recent G-20 summit in Turkey, President Obama committed the United States to expand the work of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) to thirty new countries. The president called upon governments around the world to increase their commitments to help prevent future outbreaks of infectious diseases from becoming epidemics. The White House also announced that an additional 13 countries have joined the GHSA and that the United States intends to invest more than $1 billion in resources to continue expanding the GHSA.
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> Finland has been chairing the Steering Group of the Global Health Security Agenda throughout 2015. That group has been working to promote political awareness of global health security as a shared responsibility – making us better at preventing avoidable epidemics, detecting threats early and responding rapidly and effectively.
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> The Stimson Center and Fondation Mérieux USA will welcome officials from the State Department and the Finnish Embassy to discuss the White House’s announcement, Finland’s chairmanship, and the agenda for 2016. The event will also feature a panel of non-governmental and industry experts who will reflect on their role in implementing and informing the GHSA.
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> WHAT: A discussion on the White House's announcement at the most recent G-20 summit in Turkey related to the Global Health Security Agenda.
> WHERE: The Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave, NW 8th Floor, Washington DC, 20036
> WHEN: Friday, December 4, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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> Featuring:
> Amb. Kirsti Kauppi, Ambassador of Finland to the United States
> Amb. Bonnie Jenkins, U.S. Department of State
> Lucy Maryogo-Robinson, Director of Global Health Program, Association of Public Health Laboratories
> William B. Karesh, Executive Vice President for Health and Policy, EcoHealth Alliance
> Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Senior Associate, UPMC Center for Health Security
> Emily Penrose, Program Manager, Fondation Merieux
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