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10 Closing Remarks
Pages 111-114

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From page 111...
... Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, provided closing comments at the end the workshop. RESEARCH, CONVENINGS, AND POLICY Suerie Moon, director of research at the Global Health Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, reflected on three overarching categories for action steps she observed from the final discussion: research, convenings, and policy.
From page 112...
... FINAL THOUGHTS Peter Sands, executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, provided his main points from the workshop's 1.5 days of discussions, and he highlighted the continued challenges that the global community must grapple with. He observed that building an investment case for managing microbial threats is vital in a climate of increasing economic vulnerability as the world is more interconnected by social media and increased communication, transportation, and trade.
From page 113...
... He also expanded on the challenge of breaking through multiple silos, noting that they exist between economics and public health, scientific and clinical worlds, and also within the infectious disease realm among endemic diseases, emerging outbreaks, and AMR, in which different approaches are often used to calculate and communicate the economic impact. While this might reflect the intrinsic differences of the various diseases, he argued there could be more cross-fertilization among the diverse approaches.
From page 114...
... Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, provided closing remarks for the workshop. He observed that the meeting had been an effort itself in breaking down silos and engaging communities across emerging and endemic infectious diseases, the biological and social sciences, the private and public sectors, and security with public health.


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