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Could the fourth wave of globalization help to end epidemics?

A lab assistant performs an experiment during an inauguration visit of a new P3 level research laboratory against tuberculosis at the School of Life Sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne in Ecublens near Lausanne  March 17, 2010. Financed by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Swiss Government, the lab is open to researchers from EPFL and nearby universities in order to study in vivo strains of Bacillus anthracis, the air-borne pathogen causing tuberculosis. There are around 500 cases of tuberculosis each year in Switzerland alone. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse   (SWITZERLAND - Tags: HEALTH SCI TECH) - BM2E63H19U801

Globalization is providing technology to accelerate the rate we acquire scientific knowledge. Image: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Richard Hatchett
Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI)
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