Going to happen to this set of women because we are tired they are sick but the husbands still want them to keep giving birth. Africas population is growing fast predictions say that by the year 2100 bill before point 5000000000 africans thats about a 3rd of the entire global population so we here in congo the most populous state in the most populous country in africa to find out how exactly that future will look for africa and id like to begin by asking my panelists a general question do you think that the population growth in africa will be a blessing if you believe so please raise your hand interesting do you think its going to be a species raise your hand. Oh wow so it looks like were really split 5050 lets see if its the same answer at the end of this debate is my and i want to begin with you because you work for the Population Reference Bureau here should we trust these numbers are they accurate and where do they even come from for me the numbers are accurate because when you loo
More than big will be jumping on a socalled mike. And last but not least will be heading to total to make that call tell giants what i think so wish was all the wonders of the capitol and you know me. As you can tell the law to large and out once again. What takes us to west africa where the baath weight is one of the highest in the world this growing young population could drag the local economy i guess thats what many people think but how many children can cause a financial bottom for 5 and a Serious Health problems for women having several pregnancies in a row but Family Planning and contraceptive methods a state of war subject in many of the conservative with the majority countries of the region however in fact a goal inflight see only be changing a growing number of young couples want to take control over how many children they will have and when every day in going side goes door to door visiting family some have the kind neighbor who she says. The district godmother or auntie as
Our second panel will assess chinas role in Global Health and activities in the United States. We will start with rosemary gibson, introduce everybody first and then we will go to ms. Gibson. We will start with rosemary gibson, whose name has been mentioned already several times if you were here. Who is a Senior Advisor pasting Center Perspectives at the jama internal medicine. She is author china rx, exposing the risk ab next we will hear from ben westhoff an awardwinning investigative journalist mr. Westhoff new book retinol incorporated how roby chemists are creating the deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic. Will be published in september. The book focuses on that know with now kills more americans annually than any drug in american history. Our third panelist is jennifer buie who is a senior policy researcher and detained chair in china publicity stall is at the rain corporation. As an epidemiologist with training and clinical medicine and quantitative methods, doctor buie Researc
And activities in the United States. Well start with Rosemary Gibson. I introduce everybody first. Well start with Rosemary Gibson whose name has been mentioned already several times if you were here. Shes author of china rx exposing the risk of americas dependence on china for medicine which documents the dramatic shifts in where medicines are made in implications for National Security and american securities. Next well hear from ben westoff. Mr. Westoffs new book fentanyl inc. Which will be published in september. Fentanyl kills more americans than any drug in history. And next panelist studied at the Rand Corporation is an especial deem yol gist. Centers on Research Health among marginalized population. Well hear from mark a molecular biologist in performing Risk Assessment to sport government on bio Security Public health and bio defense. Hes one of chinas biotechnology and other foreign engagement, a report published in february 2019. We welcome all of you. We ask that you would k
A professor of history at the university of illinois at chicago. She studies race and agenda in the u. S. Wes bridges a member of. She was awarded the of one historians. 119 she was a fellow of the huntington library. Her new book is west of jim crow the fight against californias color line. Thank you for being with us and im going to hand it over to yu and i will see you again for q a thank you so much. Im just so happy to be here. Let me just get this going. First of all i have big thank you to give to the California Historical society. I frankly would not have had a career without them. They have been helping me every single step along my career. I have visited them for my first book where did much of my research and the old library and the library into the curators, i cant say enough. I could spend all my time thinking how the library into the special shout out to karen jacob for helping me in setting this program up but i also want to give a shoutout to Deborah Hoffman the archivi