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World Affairs

Monday, September 10 at 2:00 pm

Preparing for the Next Global Epidemic

It’s been 100 years since the Spanish flu killed millions worldwide. While we’ve made medical and technological progress in the century since, the world remains vulnerable to mass disease.

In this week’s episode, we’ll discuss how greater mobility, population pressures and climate change increase the risk of global epidemics. Peter Piot, Director of Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, talks with Markos Kounalakis, visiting fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, about the importance of effective outbreak preparedness.

To listen to the audio of “Preparing for the Next Global Epidemic” on World Affairs online, please click HERE.