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December 31, 2012 U.S. Tax Status (see Tax Status Definitions) 501(c)(3) Public Charity Geographic Location(s) of Project Field work: Pakistan, Nigeria, Somalia INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 1 EFTA_R1_01976466 EFTA02678411 IPI Offices: New York, Vienna, Manama IPI PROPOSAL: P
ers are also at risk. Several health workers involved in the polio eradication campaign were recently killed in Nigeria and Pakistan. In August 2013 Medecins Sans Frontieres announced it is closing all its programs in Somalia after a 22-year presence due to attacks on its staff. IPI therefore proposes to assist the BMGF
ines. Areas where there is instability and weak governance are particularly vulnerable. Polio was limited to a few isolated regions of Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria but due to intensifying conflict and low immunization levels the disease was able to spillover to neighboring states E
althcare infrastructure was destroyed or looted during the conflict, while endemic violence and threats have led some healthcare providers, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres, to leave the country. The second type of barrier involves societal perceptions. Somalis do not seem to hold the ideological aversion to polio vacci
rnational Organization for Migration (IOM) Invesfissement Quebec Canada Netherlands USA USA USA USA USA Netherlands South Africa Vietnam Nigeria United Kingdom USA USA Hikma Pharmaceuticals Limited St Mary's Hospital Intel Corporation Linklaters LLP Frontier Advisory Ply Ltd Sasol Li
y WLL Apollo Tyres Ltd Institute for Large Scale Innovation (ILSI) Highbridge Capital Management LLC IBS Group Eczacibasi Holding Skanska AB Medecins Sans Frontieres International Bulgaria Bahrain India USA USA Russian Federation Turkey Sweden Switzerland World Economic Forum Annual Meeting EFTA_R1_020
for Polio Eradication and Health & Peace, International Peace Institute Faisal Shuaib, Incident Manager, National Ebola Emergency Operations Center, Nigeria Paul Spiegel, Health Expert and Deputy Director, Division of Programme Support and Management, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Elhad
irector-General, National Institute for Biomedical Research, Democratic Republic of the Congo Thomas Nierle, President of the Board in Switzerland, Medecins Sans Frontieres Mary Ann Peters, Chief Executive Officer, The Carter Center Andrea Pfanzelter, Senior Director, International Peace Institute, Vienna Hardeep Sing
Historical Overview of Epidemics ii. Impact and Spread of Epidemics iii. Case Study: How the Polio Eradication Initiative helped contain Ebola in Nigeria iv. Preparation: Building resilient health care systems v. Response: Effectively and quickly deploying measures to deal with health issues vi.
al Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In the case of fighting epidemics, communication and collabo
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Donald Trump
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Prince Andrew
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Robert Gates
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Joe Biden
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Bahrain
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Kenya
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Samantha Power
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David Cameron
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Norway
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Michael Jackson
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European Parliament
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Sudan
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Prince Charles
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Melinda Gates
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Somalia
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