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    Jim Yong Kim's plan to prevent future pandemics

    The World Bank president laid out his vision of an emergency facility that would help prevent and enable quicker response to future health emergencies. But questions still remain about who’s on board, and how it will be funded.

    By Jeff Tyson // 28 January 2015

    World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced Tuesday a new plan to curb future health pandemics. While the plan will involve both the private and public sectors, questions still remain about who’s on board, and how it will be funded.

    With laser pointer in hand and charts displayed on a nearby screen, Kim gave a lecture to Georgetown University students and faculty about the Ebola epidemic, the global health response to the virus and continued health threats posed to the world’s poorest communities.

    Speaking in a university setting about the world’s pressing global health challenges, the anthropologist, physician and former president of Dartmouth College was in his element. Kim lamented the devastating impact of Ebola and the international community’s sluggish efforts to respond. He spoke of his own experiences treating unforgiving diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis — both as a physician and as co-founder of the health care nonprofit Partners in Health.

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      Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.

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