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Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 8:42 am | Updated:
9:12 am, Wed Feb 3, 2016.
HANNAH KOELLER News Reporter |

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Each year the South Dakota World Affairs Council

organizes a symposium to address issues affecting our
region and the world; this years topic was global health.
The Harding Distinguished Lecturer was Katherine Bliss,
senior associate with the Global Health Policy Center at
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the Center for Strategic and International Studies in

Washington, D.C. She spoke at the Volstorff Ballroom

Saba

Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.

The South Dakota World Affairs Council held a Global Health

Her lecture, titled Governing Global Health in an

Symposium in the Volstorff Ballroom on Jan. 28 and 29. On Friday,

Michael Saba led the discussion of contributions to Global Health

Interconnected World, focused on topics such as the

by South Dakotans.

elements of governance, the international health

regulations and current initiatives to combat global
diseases.

When I talk about governance, what Im talking about is really the concept of collective action in attempting to
facilitate cooperation, discussion, political engagement, in pursuit of common goals, Bliss said.

Because of globalization, the boundaries between developed and developing countries have blurred. This creates
a world where complicated health crises appear both similar and different, according to the SDWACs description
of the event.

During her lecture, Bliss compared international and global health governance. She said international governance
works at a more state-by-state level, negotiating borders and treaties and international agreements, which differs

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from global governance.

Increasingly, though, youll hear people talk about global health governance, Bliss said. In many ways, this idea
of global governance recognizes the diminished importance these days of border.

Some global health governing agencies Bliss highlighted during her lecture were the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative, the Global Fund, the Global Financing Facility and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

The discussion on global health continued the following day with lecture panels. Panels included Using the HealthCare Section as a Model for Nation Building, the Global Interface Between Animal and Human Health and South
Dakotans Contribute to Global Health.

The Global Interface Between Animal and Human Health was led by Christopher Chase, a professor in the
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, who discussed how most diseases humans deal with come
from animals. Joy Scaria, assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, focused
on clostridium difficile colitis or c-diff while Radhey Kaushik, professor and assistant department head of the
Department of Biology and Microbiology, examined the influenza virus.

Almost 20 percent of the world population gets infected with the flu annually, Kaushik said. I think with that type
of data I need not convince you that this is a very important disease.

He went on to discuss how the flu is the most infectious disease humankind deals with and how it has an animal
component.

The event was co-sponsored by the Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy. Displays and information from the
Wellness Center, Healthy Jacks, the Office and International Affairs and Outreach and Service Learning: Improving
Nutrition in Belize were provided.

SDWAC seeks to stimulate interest in and promote discussion of international relations and U.S. foreign policy, but
takes no stand on current issues. It was founded in 2004 exclusively for educational purposes to provide
information and learning opportunities about world affairs.

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