# Sylvie Briand

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Why do we ignore catastrophic risk?

Covid-19 is showing up a general failure by most of the world's governments to prepare for the worst. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Dr Sylvie Briand at the World Health Organization, whose job is to get the world ready for new infectious outbreaks like coronavirus. What was it like for her exhortation…

Preparing for Zika

Infectious disease outbreaks are no longer just about bacteria and viruses, but also the social and economic world we create.

WHO's SOS Alert Aims to Shut Down Coronavirus Rumor Mill

The World Health Organization is warning that false information circulating on social media about the new coronavirus is hampering efforts to tackle the epidemic.  This fast moving disease so far has infected more than 20,000 people and killed at least 427. The overwhelming number of cases and all …

The Batsapp Project Episode 3: Flattening Misinfodemics

Summary Experts tell us about how misinformation plays into our psychological instincts and how news and data literacy can help us build misinformation resilient societies. Team Executive Producer & Principal Investigator: Santosh VijaykumarPodcast Producer: Amrita SinghPodcast Co-Producer: Aarti S…

Why Isn't the Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic Yet?

Amid the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday the outbreak is a “global health emergency” and “an epidemic with multiple locations” but not yet a pandemic.  Where is the virus spreading?  As of Feb. 4, WHO says as of Tuesday there ar…

Why Isn't the Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic Yet?

Amid the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday the outbreak is a “global health emergency” and “an epidemic with multiple locations” but not yet a pandemic.  Where is the virus spreading?  As of Feb. 4, WHO says as of Tuesday there ar…

Why Isn't the Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic Yet?

Amid the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday the outbreak is a “global health emergency” and “an epidemic with multiple locations” but not yet a pandemic.  Where is the virus spreading?  As of Feb. 4, WHO says as of Tuesday there ar…

Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will turn into a pandemic, WHO says

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization said Monday it doesn’t believe the monkeypox outbreak currently spreading around the world will turn into a pandemic. Since May 13, at least 257 cases of the rare disease have been confirmed in 23 c…

Influenza

How does the vaccine combat the Influenza virus? How does WHO track influenza across the world to decide the composition of the vaccine? WHO expert Dr Sylvie Briand also explains why we are seeing a spike in respiratory diseases in Science in 5

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? (w/ Sylvie Briand & Heidi Larson)

In the fourth episode of Science Forward, the podcast of the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board, we speak with Board Member Sylvie Briand and leading expert on vaccine confidence Heidi Larson about pandemics, preparedness and what we have learned from COVID-19. The next pandemic may …