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Great Decisions 2018 Discussion Date: Thursday, May 10
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Surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to serious bacterial infections in high- and low-income countries. The bacteria that cause some of the world’s most common infections – such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae – are proving drug-resistant. And most worrying of all, pathogens don’t respect national borders.. World Health Organization (1/29/18)
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Welcome to the eighth and final Great Decisions 2018 discussion at the Jacksonville Public Library! You are receiving this newsletter because you have shown an interest in the past about this discussion series or you have requested information about library programming. The program will be held on Thursday evening, May 10, 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the Southeast Regional Library located at 10599 Deerwood Park Ave., close to the intersection of Gate Parkway and J.Turner Butler Blvd. Great Decisions 2018 Briefing Book, the companion book to the series, is available for purchase online for $30 from the Foreign Policy Association, but is not necessary for participation in the program.
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Week Eight: Global health: progress and challenges
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The collective action of countries, communities and organizations over the last 30 years has literally saved millions of lives around the world. Yet terrible inequalities in health and well-being persist. The world now faces a mix of old and new health challenges, including the preventable deaths of mothers and children, continuing epidemics of infectious diseases, and rising rates of chronic disease. We also remain vulnerable to the emergence of new and deadly pandemics. For these reasons, the next several decades will be just as important—if not more so—than the last in determining wellbeing across nations. Foreign Policy Association
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Lt. Col. Michael Brady (RET) Lt. Col. Michael Brady, USA, (RET), earned his Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University in Washington, D.C. in 2003. Brady is a 1990 graduate of The Citadel, Marine Corps Command and General Staff College, Joint Forces Staff College, U.S. Army Airborne School and U.S. Army Ranger School. His areas of expertise and research include threats to the homeland, intelligence collection systems and programs, intelligence analysis, and intelligence support to national policy making. He is the USA contributor to the Sunday Spy Show, an international podcast based in the United Kingdom. He is also a contributor to the Asia Times where he writes on intelligence and security issues in the region. Michael is also the author of the Into the Shadows spy novels.
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton—one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty—tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
by Laura Spinney
Describes the enormous-scale human disaster caused by the 1918 Spanish Flu and uses the latest findings in history, virology, epidemiology, psychology and economics to show how the pandemic permanently changed global politics, race relations, medicine, religion and the arts.
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