TEDTalks
Description
One way or another, philanthropic epidemiologist Larry Brilliant has spent his career solving the ills of today. Now he wants to take on the ills of tomorrow. Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet and calls for a new global system that can detect, identify, and contain emerging pandemics before they can spread.
Runtime
26 min
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Date of Publication
[2012], c2006
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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