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Overview Anthony Stephen Fauci (OMRI) (Born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022.[4] Highlights As a physician with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Fauci has served the American public health sector in various capacities for more than fifty years and has acted as an advisor to every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan.[5] During his time as director of the NIAID, he made contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiency diseases, both as a research scientist and as the head of the NIAID.[6] From 1983 to 2002, Fauci was one of the world's most frequently cited scientists across all scientific journals.[6][7] In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, for his work on the AIDS relief program PEPFAR.[8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he served under President Donald Trump as one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. After Joe Biden took office, Fauci began serving as one of the lead members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team and as Biden's chief medical advisor.[9][10] Fauci stepped down on December 31, 2022.[11] In 2021, he was named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association.[12] Political commentator Helen Andrews defended Fauci's actions during the A.I.D.S epidemic in a article, writing: The idea that Fauci was "wrong" about A.I.D.S., which some of his contemporary opponents repeat, is unfair. His most notorious error was a 1983 paper suggesting "routine close contact, as within a family household," might spread the disease, but it was an understandable mistake given what was known at the time and he corrected it within a year, lightning speed by the standards of academic publishing. He behaved more responsibly than some of his peers when it came to speculating about a heterosexual A.I.D.S. epidemic around the corner. He was not one of the hysteria-mongers—though he did benefit from the hysteria when negotiating budgets with Congress.[36]

Overview Matthew Colin Taibbi (born March 2, 1970) is an American author, journalist, and podcaster. He has reported on finance, media, politics, and sports. A former contributing editor for Rolling Stone, he is an author of several books, co-host of Useful Idiots, and publisher of the newsletter Racket News (formerly TK News) on Substack. Highlights In 2022–23, Taibbi released ten installments of the Twitter Files. Taibbi has authored several books, including The Great Derangement (2009); Griftopia (2010); The Divide (2014);[15] Insane Clown President (2017); I Can't Breathe (2017); and Hate Inc. (2019).

Overview The Munich Security Conference is the world's leading forum for debating international security policy. It is a venue for diplomatic initiatives to address the world's most pressing security concerns. (About) Attendees During the MSC's main conference in February, we assemble more than 450 high-profile and senior decision-makers as well as thought-leaders from around the world, including heads of state, ministers, leading personalities of international and non-governmental organizations, high-ranking representatives of industry, media, academia, and civil society, to engage in an intensive debate. The MSC believes in the need for an informed and sustained public debate on security policy broadly defined and thus aims to involve the wider public in its debates. We broadcast most of our debates and disseminate the results of our events via reports, interviews, and social media.

Overview Amazon.com, Inc.[1] (/ˈæməzɒn/ AM-ə-zon) is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world",[5] and is one of the world's most valuable brands.[6] It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet (Google), Apple, Meta (Facebook), and Microsoft. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington,[7] on July 5, 1994. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories, a strategy that has earned it the moniker The Everything Store.[8] Founded by Jeff Bezos It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Zoox (autonomous vehicles), Kuiper Systems (satellite Internet), and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D). Its other subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market. Its acquisition of Whole Foods in August 2017 for US$13.4 billion substantially increased its footprint as a physical retailer.[9]

Overview Deutsche Telekom AG (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈteːləkɔm ʔaːˌɡeː] (listen); short form often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a German telecommunications company that is headquartered in Bonn and is the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue. Deutsche Telekom was formed in 1995 when Deutsche Bundespost (at that time a monopoly under state ownership) was privatized. Since then, Deutsche Telekom has featured among Fortune 500 companies, with its latest ranking at number 62 (in 2022). The company operates several subsidiaries worldwide, including the mobile communications brand T-Mobile. As of April 2020, the German government holds a 14.5% stake in company stock directly, and another 17.4% through the government bank KfW.[4] The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.[5] History The Deutsche Bundespost was the federal German government postal administration created in 1947 as a successor to the Reichspost. It was also the major telephone company in West Germany. On 1 July 1989, as part of a post office reform, Deutsche Bundespost was split into three entities, one being Deutsche Telekom. On 1 January 1995, as part of another reform, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom became Deutsche Telekom AG, and was privatized in 1996. As such, it shares a common heritage with the other privatized Deutsche Bundespost companies, Deutsche Post (DHL) and Deutsche Postbank.[6][7]

Overview Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar,[7] and a 12% ownership investment by Bank of America through their brokerage subsidiary Merrill Lynch.[8] Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools and enterprise applications such as analytics and equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core revenue-generating product.[9] Bloomberg L.P. also includes a news agency (Bloomberg News), a global television network (Bloomberg Television), websites, radio stations (Bloomberg Radio), subscription-only newsletters, and two magazines: Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets.[10] Founders October 1, 1981 Michael Bloomberg Thomas Secunda Duncan MacMillan Charles Zegar History In 1981, Salomon Brothers was acquired, and Michael Bloomberg, a general partner, was given a $10million partnership settlement.[13] Bloomberg, having designed in-house computerized financial systems for Salomon,[14] used his $10million partnership buyout to start Innovative Market Systems (IMS).[15][14] Bloomberg developed and built his own computerized system to provide real-time market data, financial calculations and other financial analytics to Wall Street firms. The Market Master terminal, later called the Bloomberg Terminal, was released to market in December 1982.[2]Merrill Lynch became the first customer, purchasing 20 terminals and a 30% equity stake in the company for $30million in exchange for a five-year restriction on marketing the terminal to Merrill Lynch's competitors.[14] Merrill Lynch released IMS from this restriction in 1984.[14] Highlights In May 2022, Bloomberg announced it would launch a new venture in the UK, Bloomberg UK, as part of a wider international strategy. Bloomberg UK plans to hire in the region and has launched a standalone website, a weekly video series, a podcast and new event series.[12] Bloomberg L.P. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Bloomberg L.P. brought a lawsuit against the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Bloomberg L.P. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) to force the Fed to share details about its lending programs during the U.S. Government bailout in 2008.[105] The records documented Federal Reserve loans issued to financial firms and revealed the identities of the firms, the amounts borrowed and the collateral posted in return.[106] Bloomberg L.P. won at the trial court level.[107] The Second Circuit Court ruled in favor of Bloomberg L.P. in March 2010, but the case was appealed to the Supreme Court by a group of large U.S. commercial banks in October. In March 2011, the Supreme Court let stand the Second Circuit Court ruling mandating the release of Fed bailout details.[108] Bloomberg New Economy Forum https://www.bloombergneweconomy.com/ Bloomberg New Economy Forum is an invitation-only event for business executives, government officials, and academics. The inaugural event was held in 2018 in Singapore. In 2019, the annual forum will take place in Beijing, China.[80] The Bloomberg New Economy Forum Community includes leaders from the public and private sectors from around the world. 2018 participants represented more than $5.36 trillion in market cap and boasted a roster of over 400 delegates from around the world. Forum advisory board members include former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson, Vice Premier of China Zeng Peiyan, Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambani, Janet Yellen, Ursula Burns, Gary Cohn, Orit Gadiesh, Walter Isaacson, Yoriko Kawaguchi, Martin Lau, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Jean Liu, Strive Masiyiwa, and more.[citation needed] Founding partners of the forum included 3M, ADNOC, Dangote, ExxonMobil, FedEx, HSBC, Hyundai, Mastercard, Microsoft, & Softbank.[81]

Overview Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Sports Men's Sports Hockey - Wild Football - Vikings Baseball - Twins Basketball - Timberwolves Soccer (Futbol) - Lacrosse -

Raymond Thomas Dalio (born August 8, 1949) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist who has served as co-chief investment officer of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates since 1985. He founded Bridgewater in 1975 in his apartment in New York. Dalio is the author of the 2017 book Principles: Life & Work. Bridgewater Associates | Research & Insights (Great for business and investing) https://www.bridgewater.com/research-and-insights Principles | #1 New York Times Bestseller: https://amzn.to/2JMewHb​ Buy his new book, Principles for Success: https://amzn.to/34lgnNJ​ Connect with him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raydalio​ Follow him on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/raydalio​ Follow him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/raydalio​ Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raydalio/​ Download his free iOs app: https://principles.app.link/PFS Recent Content A Conversation with Ray Dalio and Tom Friedman: https://vimeo.com/464323907 Ray Dalio: The 3 Biggest Issues for the Economy in 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dvHr4NYKrM Notable Content How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio Economics 101 -- "How the Economic Machine Works." Created by Ray Dalio this simple but not simplistic and easy to follow 30 minute, animated video answers the question, "How does the economy really work?" Based on Dalio's practical template for understanding the economy, which he developed over the course of his career, the video breaks down economic concepts like credit, deficits and interest rates, allowing viewers to learn the basic driving forces behind the economy, how economic policies work and why economic cycles occur. To learn more about Economic Principles visit: http://www.economicprinciples.org​. Principles For Success by Ray Dalio (In 30 Minutes) Ray Dalio: The 3 Biggest Issues for the Economy in 2021 For more from Ray

Overview Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and political writer. Hersh first gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. During the 1970s, Hersh covered the Watergate scandal for The New York Times and revealed Operation Menu, the clandestine bombing of Cambodia. In 2004, he reported on the U.S. military's torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. Hersh has also won two National Magazine Awards and five George Polk Awards. Hersh has accused the Obama administration of lying about the events surrounding the death of Osama bin Laden, and disputed the claim that Bashar al-Assad's regime used chemical weapons on civilians in the Syrian Civil War. Substack - https://seymourhersh.substack.com/

Overview Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional companies. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 20,600 staff and was a major electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper company, with claimed revenues of nearly $101 billion during 2000.[1]Fortune named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years. At the end of 2001, it was revealed that Enron's reported financial condition was sustained by an institutionalized, systematic, and creatively planned accounting fraud, known since as the Enron scandal. Enron has become synonymous with willful corporate fraud and corruption. The scandal also brought into question the accounting practices and activities of many corporations in the United States and was a factor in the enactment of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002. The scandal also affected the greater business world by causing, together with even larger fraudulent bankruptcy WorldCom, the dissolution of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm, which had been Enron and WorldCom's main auditor for years.[2] Enron filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York in late 2001 and selected Weil, Gotshal & Manges as its bankruptcy counsel. It ended its bankruptcy during November 2004, pursuant to a court-approved plan of reorganization. A new board of directors changed the name of Enron to Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., and emphasized reorganizing and liquidating certain operations and assets of the pre-bankruptcy Enron.[3] On September 7, 2006, Enron sold its last remaining subsidiary, Prisma Energy International, to Ashmore Energy International Ltd. (now AEI).[4]

Overview Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015,[2] and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries.[3][4][5] Alphabet is the world's third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world's most valuable companies.[6][7] The establishment of Alphabet Inc. was prompted by a desire to make the core Google business "cleaner and more accountable" while allowing greater autonomy to group companies that operate in businesses other than Internet services.[4][8] Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced their resignation from their executive posts in December 2019, with the CEO role to be filled by Sundar Pichai, also the CEO of Google. Page and Brin remain employees, board members, and controlling shareholders of Alphabet Inc.[9] History On August 10, 2015, Google Inc. announced plans to create a new public holding company, Alphabet Inc. Google CEO Larry Page made this announcement in a blog post on Google's official blog.[10] Alphabet would be created to restructure Google by moving subsidiaries from Google to Alphabet, narrowing Google's scope. The company would consist of Google as well as other businesses including X Development, Calico, Nest, Verily, Fiber, Makani, CapitalG, and GV.[11][12][13]Sundar Pichai, Product Chief, became the new CEO of Google, replacing Larry Page, who transitioned to the role of running Alphabet, along with Google co-founder Sergey Brin.[14][15] Subsidiaries Calico CapitalG DeepMind Google Google Fiber GV Intrinsic Isomorphic Labs Mineral Verily Waymo Wing X Development

Overview The Toyota Group is a group of companies that have supplier, vendor and investment relationships with Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor vehicle manufacturing facilities. It is similar to a keiretsu in that no particular entity has outright control over the entire group, although unlike most keiretsu it does not contain a major bank. Major group companies Toyota Tsusho Toyota Motor East Japan Toyota Motor Toyota Industries Toyota Housing Corporation Toyota Central R&D Labs Toyota Boshoku Toyota Auto Body Toyoda Gosei Towa Real Estate JTEKT Hino Motors Denso Daihatsu Aisin Aichi Steel

Overview https://www.defensenews.com/ Founded in 1986, Defense News is the authoritative, independent, professional news source for the world’s defense decision-makers. In print and online, we provide the global defense community with the latest news and analysis on programs, policy, business and technology. Our bureaus and reporters around the world set the standard for accuracy, credibility and timeliness in defense reporting. (About) Topics Defense policies, politics and legislation Worldwide market developments and trends New products, technologies and programs Interviews with defense leaders Defense industrial plans, finance and developments Military budgets and the politics of defense Commentary and analysis Special Reports on defense technologies, regional activities and major program Managing Organization Sightline Media Group https://sightlinemediagroup.com/ Sightline Media Group is the leading news organization covering military, defense, public sector, federal technology, C4ISR and cyber defense. Our independent, award-winning journalism offers coverage from around the globe, from Sightline headquarters in the Washington, DC area to bureaus and correspondents in the U.S. and around the world. Sightline Media offers our business clientele a wide range of platforms to reach the market. From digital and mobile solutions to events, thought leadership, publications, video and custom options, Sightline works with clients on opportunities that have credibility, integrity, engagement and impact.

Overview William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.[2][3] During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014.[4] He was a major entrepreneur of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. About (https://www.gatesnotes.com/Bio) Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, with an amazing and supportive family who encouraged his interest in computers at an early age. He dropped out of college to start Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Today, Bill co-chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with Melinda French Gates, where he works to give his wealth back to society. Bill grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. His late father, William H. Gates Sr., was a Seattle attorney and one of the co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International. Bill has three children. Quotes "The internet is a place where people are publishing information" Digital Media https://www.gatesnotes.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BillGates/ https://twitter.com/BillGates https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates https://www.instagram.com/thisisbillgates/ https://www.youtube.com/user/thegatesnotes Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill and Melinda challenged the global health community to declare this the Decade of Vaccines. They pledged $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop, and deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest countries.

Overview The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation[1] based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, which is mostly funded by its 1,000 member companies – typically global enterprises with more than US$5 billion in turnover – as well as public subsidies, views its own mission as "improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas".[2] https://www.weforum.org/ President: Børge Brende Notes Klaus Schwab and Prince Charles on why we need a Great Reset - listen to the podcast (Jun 4, 2020) Klaus Schwab and Prince Charles on why we need a Great Reset - listen to the podcast "The COVID-19 crisis has shown us that our old systems are not fit any more for the 21st century," said World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab. "In short, we need a great reset." This week's World Vs Virus is entirely devoted to the launch of the Great Reset - a project to bring the world's best minds together to seek a better, fairer, greener, healthier planet as we rebuild from the pandemic. The Great Reset launched by World Economic Forum and HRH The Prince of Wales. Seeking better form of capitalism as world recovers from pandemic. Welcomed by UN, IMF, and companies Microsoft, Mastercard and BP. Subscribe to podcasts: World Vs Virus and The Great Reset. The podcast includes contributions from HRH The Prince of Wales, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva, labour representative Sharan Burrow and the chief executives of Microsoft, MasterCard and BP. You can watch the whole Great Reset launch here. Read Klaus Schwab's article here and listen to him talk more about it here. The Great Reset https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=189569908956561

Overview Our work as a global communications firm is built on earning the trust of our clients’ stakeholders through reputation management, commerce and brand advocacy. For more than 20 years, we have studied the influence of trust across society — government, media, business, and NGOs — to shape conversation, drive results and earn action. Our work has proven that an organization’s ability to succeed or fail is defined by trust in their mission and leadership, and our industry-leading research explains why. Webpage: https://www.edelman.com/trust/2023/trust-barometer Download Report: https://edl.mn/3X0QXQE About the company Edelman is an American public relations and marketing consultancy firm, founded in 1952 by, and named after, Daniel Edelman. It is currently run by his son Richard Edelman. As of 2018, it is the largest public relations firm in the world by revenue and with 6,000 employees.

Overview The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.[2] Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. The WHO was established on 7 April 1948.[3][4] The first meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the agency's governing body, took place on 24 July of that year. The WHO incorporated the assets, personnel, and duties of the League of Nations' Health Organization and the Office International d'Hygiène Publique, including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).[5] Its work began in earnest in 1951 after a significant infusion of financial and technical resources.[6] Website: https://www.who.int/ Timeline 1947: The WHO established an epidemiological information service via telex.[29]: 5 1950: A mass tuberculosis inoculation drive using the BCG vaccine gets under way.[29]: 8 1955: The malaria eradication programme was launched, although objectives were later modified. (In most areas, the programme goals became control instead of eradication.)[29]: 9 1958: Viktor Zhdanov, Deputy Minister of Health for the USSR, called on the World Health Assembly to undertake a global initiative to eradicate smallpox, resulting in Resolution WHA11.54.[30][31]: 366–371, 393, 399, 419 1965: The first report on diabetes mellitus and the creation of the International Agency for Research on Cancer.[29]: 10–11 1966: The WHO moved its headquarters from the Ariana wing at the Palace of Nations to a newly constructed headquarters elsewhere in Geneva.[32][29]: 12 1967: The WHO intensified the global smallpox eradication campaign by contributing $2.4 million annually to the effort and adopted a new disease surveillance method,[33][34] at a time when 2 million people were dying from smallpox per year.[35] The initial problem the WHO team faced was inadequate reporting of smallpox cases. WHO established a network of consultants who assisted countries in setting up surveillance and containment activities.[36] The WHO also helped contain the last European outbreak in Yugoslavia in 1972.[37] After over two decades of fighting smallpox, a Global Commission declared in 1979 that the disease had been eradicated – the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort.[38] 1974: The Expanded Programme on Immunization[29]: 13  and the control programme of onchocerciasis was started, an important partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank.[29]: 14 1975: The WHO launched the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical diseases (the TDR).[29]: 15  Co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, and the World Bank, it was established in response to a 1974 request from the WHA for an intensive effort to develop improved control of tropical diseases. The TDR's goals are, firstly, to support and coordinate international research into diagnosis, treatment and control of tropical diseases; and, secondly, to strengthen research capabilities within endemic countries.[39] 1976: The WHA enacted a resolution on disability prevention and rehabilitation, with a focus on community-driven care[29]: 16 1977 and 1978: The first list of essential medicines was drawn up,[29]: 17  and a year later the ambitious goal of "Health For All" was declared.[29]: 18 1986: The WHO began its global programme on HIV/AIDS.[29]: 20  Two years later preventing discrimination against patients was attended to[29]: 21  and in 1996 the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) was formed.[29]: 23 1988: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was established.[29]: 22 1995: WHO established an independent International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (Guinea worm disease eradication; ICCDE).[29]: 23  The ICCDE recommends to the WHO which countries fulfil requirements for certification. It also has role in advising on progress made towards elimination of transmission and processes for verification.[40] 1998: WHO's director-general highlighted gains in child survival, reduced infant mortality, increased life expectancy and reduced rates of "scourges" such as smallpox and polio on the fiftieth anniversary of WHO's founding. He, did, however, accept that more had to be done to assist maternal health and that progress in this area had been slow.[41] 2000: The Stop TB Partnership was created along with the UN's formulation of the Millennium Development Goals.[29]: 24 2001: The measles initiative was formed, and credited with reducing global deaths from the disease by 68% by 2007.[29]: 26 2002: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was drawn up to improve the resources available.[29]: 27 2005: WHO revises International Health Regulations (IHR) in light of emerging health threats and the experience of the 2002/3 SARS epidemic, authorizing WHO, among other things, to declare a health threat a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.[42] 2006: WHO endorsed the world's first official HIV/AIDS Toolkit for Zimbabwe, which formed the basis for global prevention, treatment, and support the plan to fight the AIDS pandemic.[43] 2016: Following the perceived failure of the response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak, the World Health Emergencies programme was formed, changing the WHO from just being a "normative" agency to one that responds operationally to health emergencies.[44] 2020: WHO helped in controlling the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.[citation needed] 2022: WHO suggests formation of a Global Health Emergency Council, with new global health emergency workforce, recommends revision of the International Health Regulations.[45] Origin The International Sanitary Conferences (ISC), the first of which was held on 23 June 1851, were a series of conferences that took place until 1938, about 87 years.[12] The first conference, in Paris, was almost solely concerned with cholera, which would remain the disease of major concern for the ISC for most of the 19th century. With the aetiology, even the communicability, of many epidemic diseases still uncertain and a matter of scientific argument, international agreement on appropriate measures was difficult to reach.[12] Seven of these international conferences, spanning 41 years, were convened before any resulted in a multi-state international agreement. The seventh conference, in Venice in 1892, finally resulted in a convention. It was concerned only with the sanitary control of shipping traversing the Suez Canal, and was an effort to guard against importation of cholera.[13]: 65 Five years later, in 1897, a convention concerning the bubonic plague was signed by sixteen of the 19 states attending the Venice conference. While Denmark, Sweden-Norway, and the USA did not sign this convention, it was unanimously agreed that the work of the prior conferences should be codified for implementation.[14] Subsequent conferences, from 1902 until the final one in 1938, widened the diseases of concern for the ISC, and included discussions of responses to yellow fever, brucellosis, leprosy, tuberculosis, and typhoid.[15] In part as a result of the successes of the Conferences, the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau (1902), and the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (1907) were soon founded. When the League of Nations was formed in 1920, they established the Health Organization of the League of Nations. After World War II, the United Nations absorbed all the other health organizations, to form the WHO.[16] Establishment During the 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization, Szeming Sze, a delegate from China, conferred with Norwegian and Brazilian delegates on creating an international health organization under the auspices of the new United Nations. After failing to get a resolution passed on the subject, Alger Hiss, the secretary general of the conference, recommended using a declaration to establish such an organization. Sze and other delegates lobbied and a declaration passed calling for an international conference on health.[17] The use of the word "world", rather than "international", emphasized the truly global nature of what the organization was seeking to achieve.[18] The constitution of the World Health Organization was signed by all 51 countries of the United Nations, and by 10 other countries, on 22 July 1946.[19] It thus became the first specialized agency of the United Nations to which every member subscribed.[20] Its constitution formally came into force on the first World Health Day on 7 April 1948, when it was ratified by the 26th member state.[19] The first meeting of the World Health Assembly finished on 24 July 1948, having secured a budget of US$5 million(then £1,250,000) for the 1949 year. G. Brock Chisholm was appointed director-general of the WHO, having served as executive secretary and a founding member during the planning stages,[21][18] while Andrija Štampar was the assembly's first president. Its first priorities were to control the spread of malaria, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections, and to improve maternal and child health, nutrition and environmental hygiene.[22] Its first legislative act was concerning the compilation of accurate statistics on the spread and morbidity of disease.[18] The logo of the World Health Organization features the Rod of Asclepius as a symbol for healing.[23]

Overview Dana Ann Remus is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel for U.S. PresidentJoe Biden from January 2021 to July 2022. Prior to her appointment as White House counsel, Remus was general counsel for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Earlier in her career, she was deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel for ethics during the presidency of Barack Obama, was general counsel for the Obama Foundation from 2017 to 2019, and was counsel to Michelle Obama.[1] Early life and education Dana Remus was born in New Hampshire[1] and raised in the town of Bedford.[2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies from Harvard University in 1997[3] and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2002.[4][5] Career After graduating from law school, Remus clerked for Judge Anthony Scirica of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In 2008, she clerked for Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court of the United States.[6] She eventually joined Cravath, Swaine & Moore. In 2006, she began her academic career as an inaugural faculty member at the newly established Drexel University College of Law (now Thomas R. Kline School of Law).[7] She also taught at the University of New Hampshire School of Law[8] and property law and judicial and legal ethics at the University of North Carolina School of Law. Remus joined the Obama administration, serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel for Ethics. After Obama left office, Remus joined the Obama Foundation as general counsel and also served as counsel to Michelle Obama. She left the Foundation in 2019 to become general counsel for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.[9] Biden administration Remus was named White House counsel on November 17, 2020.[10] She left her position in July 2022 and was replaced by Stuart F. Delery.[11][12] Personal life Dana Remus is married to Brett M. Holmgren, who serves as the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research in the Biden administration. The wedding took place on January 21, 2018, in Washington, D.C., with former President Barack Obama officiating.[13] The couple have one son.[14]

Overview Brett M. Holmgren is an American intelligence official serving as assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research in the Biden administration.[1] Education Holmgren earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and journalism from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Master of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in global security studies from Johns Hopkins University.[2][3] Career For fourteen years Holmgren held top leadership positions the Intelligence Community (IC), in the White House and at the Department of Defense, including three years in the private industry, before becoming Assistant Secretary.[4] He began his government service as a counterterrorism analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency and served as the special assistant to the deputy secretary of defense, director for counterterrorism at the United States National Security Council, and a political analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. He also served as special assistant to the president and senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council, where he also previously served as senior policy advisor to the Homeland Security advisor.[5] He was most recently the vice president for technology risk management at Capital One. He was also a deputy for nominations on the Biden–Harris transition team and co-chair of the intelligence working group for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.[2] On September 13, 2021, Holmgren was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote.[6] He was sworn in on September 15, 2021.[7] Awards and recognition[edit] Holmgren is the recipient of numerous performance awards, including the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal, the Central Intelligence Agency Director's award, and the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award.[2] Personal life[edit] Holmgren grew up in Minnesota with his parents and three siblings.[8] Holmgren married lawyer and government official Dana Remus in 2018. Their wedding was officiated by Barack Obama.[9][10] They have one son.[8]

Overview https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/ From our very first grant—to the American Red Cross more than a century ago—through to today’s vast array of initiatives, The Rockefeller Foundation has built a reputation as a trailblazer that convenes unlikely partnerships and sparks innovations for transformative change. Our list of greatest achievements is long. We founded the modern field of public health, developed a vaccine to help control yellow fever, and worked to combat hookworm in the U.S. and malaria in Italy, funded urban visionary Jane Jacobs, and catalyzed a Green Revolution. https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/about-us/our-history/ Board of Trustees The Rockefeller Foundation is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is composed of no fewer than 12 members, with the Foundation’s president serving as an ex-officio member. The Board of Trustees is generally responsible for overseeing the Foundation’s program and grantmaking strategy; budgets, expenditures and appropriation policies and guidelines; and investment strategies, allocations and performance. The Board of Trustees performs its duties through committees that include, but are not limited to: the Executive Committee, Investment Committee, Budget and Compensation Committee and Audit Committee and Trusteeship Committee as described in the Foundation’s Bylaws. Adm. James Stavridis, USN, Ret. Board Chair Agnes Binagwaho Vice Chancellor, The University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda Agnes Binagwaho Vice Chancellor, The University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda Donald Kaberuka Former President, African Development Bank Group Yifei Li Country Chair, Man Group China Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss Founder and CEO, RockCreek Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Sahel Consulting: Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd. Paul Polman Business leader, campaigner, co-author of “Net Positive” Sharon Percy Rockefeller President & CEO, WETA Juan Manuel Santos Former President of Colombia & Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Rajiv J. Shah President, President's Office Adam Silver Commissioner, National Basketball Association Patty Stonesifer Former President and CEO, Martha's Table Ravi Venkatesan Special Representative for Young People & Innovation, UNICEF and Founder, G.A.M.E