Davos Annual Meeting 2005 - Biological Threats to Societies

Biological Threats to Societies
Enhanced access to technologies, combined with highly interconnected economies and transport networks, has created conditions ripe for the rapid spread of naturally occurring or man-made diseases.
1) What natural or man-made agents pose the biggest global health threats?
2) To what extent is genetic manipulation of biological agents within the reach of the ill-intentioned?
3) What is being done, multilaterally or unilaterally, by the private and public sectors to prevent and protect populations? What more can be done?
John M. Deutch, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
William H. Frist, Senator from Tennessee (Republican), USA; Majority Leader, US Senate
Tara O'Toole, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Moderated by
Sheila MacVicar, International Correspondent, CBS News, United Kingdom

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