Latest Breaking News On - Skoll global threats fund - Page 2 : vimarsana.com

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairswarmly welcomes you to theSamuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture “Helping Bend the Arc at the Hinges of History: A Conversation with Larry Brilliant” Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Masking is encouraged. This event will be in person and streamed live on our YouTube channel. Please plan on being seated by 3:45 p.m. as the event will start promptly at 4:00 p.m. WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE American epidemiologist, technologist, philanthropist, and author Larry Brilliant embodies optimism like few others. A hippie doctor in the 1960s, he spent time at an ashram in India to find spirituality during a tumultuous time. As predicted by his guru, he and his team would change the world. Under the auspices of the World Health Organization they made millions of house calls in India with the goal to eradicate smallpox and they succeeded.

United statesGeorgew bushErez manelaLarry brilliantPolio eradication programmeUniversity of michiganRoyal societyInternational origins of anticolonial nationalismHarvard universityUnited nationsWeatherhead centerSkoll global threats fundInternational affairsInternational public health heroGlobal business networkSmallpox eradication programme