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The Global Virus Network: collaboration to address pandemic and regional threats

Published on August 29, 2024   36 min

Other Talks in the Series: Periodic Reports: Advances in Clinical Interventions and Research Platforms

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Hello. Happy to be with you today. My name is Sten Vermund. I serve as President of the Global Virus Network and I'm also a professor in the Yale School of Public Health in Yale School of Medicine. Today, we'll talk about the Global Virus Network as a collaborative group addressing pandemic and regional threats in the field of viral diseases.
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There's a 13 year history of the Global Virus Network as a voluntary consortium of virus fighters. We are currently engaged with 78 laboratories and centers of excellence and affiliate centers in 41 countries on six continents.
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We declared our utility and mission in March of 2011 representing centers of excellence for research and virology, dedicated to understanding, preventing, and eradicating viral diseases. We're all about getting programs to coordinate, support and promote research. We're interested in the public health aspects of virology including surveillance and implementation of programs. We are trying new approaches to foster collaboration across centers and countries and continents. Trying to improve immediate responses to emerging viral threats, training future generations of virologists, and advising governments, policymakers, non-governmental organizations on viral disease threats and their control. We are seeking to fill a need to bridge across nations in this consultative and facilitative role.

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