All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
As men, we all have something to give. We all have the power to do our own part to stop the global… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In fact, the early demographer Thomas Malthus believes that the only way the human population would ever check itself was by running… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
I had been an activist on the issue of HIV, primarily in the African American and Latino communities here in the U.S.… — Gloria Reuben Copy Share Image
I don't think pandemics make us afraid of death, I think they make us afraid of oblivion. They force us to grapple… — John Green Copy Share Image
There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
In the southern countries and in the regions and continents like Africa, which is where the origin of life on earth began,… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
The influenza pandemic of 1918 may well be the greatest scourge ever to afflict humanity, exacting a death toll greater than all… — David L. Katz Copy Share Image
When you say that after World War I there was a pandemic that killed more people than the war itself, most will… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year. — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
There's so much stigma around HIV/AIDS. It's a challenging issue, and the people that already have been tested and know their status… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
The fact that there was no catastrophic pandemic in recent history does not mean there won't be another one. And we are… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share Image
We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Let's pretend there's a pandemic. Let's everybody run around and play your role. Main result is that there is tremendous confusion. ...… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
Young people were once considered relatively safe from HIV/AIDS. Today, their lives and futures are at risk throughout the world because of… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
I'm especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
Getting ready for a global pandemic is every bit as important as nuclear deterrence and avoiding a climate catastrophe. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
