There’s a gloomy feeling in the air as world leaders and business chiefs gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos
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Gavi, the vaccine group, is announcing a new deal with drugs company Merck to get access to its ebola vaccine.
Under the scheme, Merck will make 300,000 doses of the vaccine available in the next few months, if there is another outbreak. The vaccine not been fully licenced yet, but testing last year found it was 100% effective in providing protection against ebola.
The scale and speed of the firestorm in Africa reminded us that mother nature is the best terrorist.
It showed that we need to prepare in advance, and also respond quickly when a crisis occurs.
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Anand Mahindra, director of Indian company Mahinda and Mahindra, is one of the speakers on a panel about the transformation of tomorrow.
“I was scared” he said when having dinner in New York and the young girls sitting next to him didn’t talk to each other for 15 minutes while they used their phones.
“Men still run the world and I’m not sure it’s going that well”.
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