Briggs and Rutty: Why we should declare 'Smallpox Eradication Day' ottawacitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ottawacitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairswarmly welcomes you to theSamuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture “Helping Bend the Arc at the Hinges of History: A Conversation with Larry Brilliant” Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Masking is encouraged. This event will be in person and streamed live on our YouTube channel. Please plan on being seated by 3:45 p.m. as the event will start promptly at 4:00 p.m. WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE American epidemiologist, technologist, philanthropist, and author Larry Brilliant embodies optimism like few others. A hippie doctor in the 1960s, he spent time at an ashram in India to find spirituality during a tumultuous time. As predicted by his guru, he and his team would change the world. Under the auspices of the World Health Organization they made millions of house calls in India with the goal to eradicate smallpox and they succeeded.
Helping Bend the Arc at the Hinges of History: A Conversation with Larry Brilliant harvard.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harvard.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.