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“People have been waiting for China to emerge as a global health force for a long time. . . . But when you look at what China did in [the West Africa Ebola] outbreak and then what they’re doing now, you get a better sense of what China’s real interests are in global health,” says CFR global health expert Tom Bollyky.
Bollyky joined James M. Lindsay on The President’s Inbox podcast to discuss how a major Ebola outbreak in Central Africa exposed critical gaps in global health surveillance and assesses U.S. preparedness for future biological threats.
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“People have been waiting for China to emerge as a global health force for a long time. . . . But when you look at what China did in [the West Africa Ebola] outbreak and then what they’re doing now, you get a better sense of what China’s real interests are in global health,” says CFR global health expert Tom Bollyky.
Bollyky joined James M. Lindsay on The President’s Inbox podcast to discuss how a major Ebola outbreak in Central Africa exposed critical gaps in global health surveillance and assesses U.S. preparedness for future biological threats.
Watch or listen to the latest episode of The President’s Inbox at youtu.be/PuU9Io-eU64
Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/WCYsH7
This work represents the views and opinions solely of the author. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, and takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.
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