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A panel of experts discuss the global health crisis, focusing on child survival. This lecture is part two in a three part series of discussions from the National Press Foundation's "Increasing Health Risks in Our Globalized World: A Conference for Journalists."



Within discussions of increasing health risks in a globalized world, Nils Daulaire, president and CEO, Global Health Council, provides an overview of global health crises. Neff Walker, senior project officer of the Strategic Information Section at UNICEF and coauthor of a Lancet study analyzing the costs involved in saving six million children annually, talks about child survival worldwide. Jeffrey Griffiths, MD MPH&TM, and director of graduate programs in public health at Tufts School of Medicine, discusses the threat posed by waterborne diseases and contaminated and stagnant water. Colleen Mone Hardy, a field epidemiologist with the International Rescue Committee, adds from-the-ground assessments, focusing on how Katrina compares with other health crises.