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... The Forum brings Peter Daszak, Chair Kent Kester, Vice Chair Mary Wilson, Vice Chair together leaders from government agencies, industry, academia, and non- MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRS profit and philanthropic organizations to facilitate cross-sector dialogue and We are pleased and honored to assume the leadership of the Forum collaboration through public debate on Microbial Threats. We thank our previous leaders, David Relman, Jim Hughes, and Lonnie King for creating a tradition of excellence and openand private consultation to stimulate ness to new ideas and for building an impressive legacy and body of original thinking about the most pressing work reflected in workshop proceedings that have influenced across issues across the spectrum of microbial many disciplines.
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... DECEMBER 12-13: Urbanization and Slums: New Transmission As this work group transitions into a Pathways of Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment One Health Action Collaborative in 2018, members will continue Watch Webcast // Proceedings to be released in June 2018 focusing on developing: The Forum, in collaboration with the National Academies Board on Life Sciences, hosted a 1.5-day public workshop examining new  A discussion paper examining transmission pathways of microbes in the urban built environment that One Health core competen- affect human health. This workshop featured discussions on the social, cies in academic programs in physical, environmental, and political drivers of infectious disease the United States.
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... The workshop will focus on the need for key metrics of risk and analytical tools to provide a comprehen sive understanding of the economic risk that microbial threats pose. We will also explore approaches to incorporating estimates of infectious disease risk January 30: A One Health Approach for Tackling to overall macroeconomic assessments of Antimicrobial Resistance: Moving from Knowledge economic growth in countries to incentivize to Action -- A Side Event for the Prince actions that minimize these threats.
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... Army Medical Research and Materiel  American Society for Microbiology Command  Infectious Diseases Society of America  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Johnson & Johnson  U.S.
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