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Appendix I: Selected Foundations
Pages 173-176

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... Through October 2008, the foundation had committed more than $30 million in grants to help identify potential disease hot spots, detect new pathogens and outbreaks earlier, and facilitate rapid response to prevent local threats from becoming global threats. For example, the foundation works with partners to develop systems for community-based and cross-sector reporting using mobile phone technologies.
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... Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is providing support for regional disease surveillance networks by building human capacity and promoting collaboration across countries and regions, as well as with global monitoring programs. It has supported the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network (described in Chapter 4 in the section on the Nuclear Threat Initiative's Global Health and Security Initiative)
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... In 2003, it published a position statement on bioterrorism and biomedical research. In September 2005, the Wellcome Trust published a joint policy statement on managing risks of misuse associated with grant-funding activities.
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  • global health
  • surveillance network
  • security initiative
  • mekong basin
  • wellcome trust

  • prevent local
  • rockefeller foundation
  • basin disease
  • regional disease
  • sloan foundation

  • middle east
  • major health
  • animal disease
  • strengthen animal
  • facilitate rapid

  • disease incidences
  • building human
  • avian influenza
  • grand challenges
  • vulnerability mapping

  • african integrated
  • joint policy
  • monitoring programs
  • gerous pathogens
  • outbreaks earlier

  • livestock research
  • helped establish
  • potential risks
  • funds research
  • human capacity


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