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Larry Brilliant veut mettre un terme aux pandémies

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TED2006

• February 2006

En acceptant le prix TED 2006, le Docteur Larry Brilliant explique comment la variole a été éradiquée de la planète, et appelle à un nouveau système mondial qui puisse identifier et contenir les pandémies avant qu'elles ne se propagent.

En acceptant le prix TED 2006, le Docteur Larry Brilliant explique comment la variole a été éradiquée de la planète, et appelle à un nouveau système mondial qui puisse identifier et contenir les pandémies avant qu'elles ne se propagent.

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Larry Brilliant

Epidemiologist, philanthropist

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TED Prize winner Larry Brilliant has spent his career solving the world's biggest problems, from overseeing the last smallpox cases to saving millions from blindness.

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