WEF started the Young Global Leaders program

The World Economic Forum (WEF) (a private enterprise founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab) started Global Leaders for Tomorrow school in 1992, which was re-established in 2004 as the Young Global Leaders (YGL) program.  Attendees must apply for admission and are then subjected to a rigorous selection process. [7, 8, 9] The program is commitment is to "improving the state of the world", which means grooming their acolytes and helping them "penetrate" positions of influence and government around the world. [4, 5, 6] The first class had in it Angela Merkel, Bill Gates, later Aznar (former Spanish PM), Macron, Jens Spaan, Justin Trudeau and Jacinda Ardern. [1, 2] Who's who of the WEF YGL - HERE 2006 - 2019 Wikipedia list of YGL and alumni which was deleted in 2020. [3] Dr Malone summarises YGL [6], access list from HERE Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel was elected a 2009 Young Global Leader [10]

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) begins

On May 13, 1988 at the 41st World Health Assembly the global polio eradication goal was set (resolution WHA41.28 [9]), marking the beginning of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).   At the time "over 35,000 cases" of polio were reported to the WHO. [1, 2]  In October 2023 the WHO claim that 1988 polio case number was 350,000 cases! "Until the 1950s, polio crippled thousands of children every year in industrialized countries." The Salk Inactivated Polio Virus (IPV) vaccine was released in 1955 (along with polio outbreaks and SV40 contamination) followed by Sabin's Oral Polio Virus (OPV) vaccine in 1963, following which WHO declare "polio was brought under control, and practically eliminated as a public health problem in industrialized countries". [8] Polio wasn't recognised in developing countries until 'lameness surveys' were conducted during the 1970s, following which national immunization with OPV began under the WHO's EPI program. [8] Polio was technically called Paralytic poliomyelitis, said to be "irreversible".  In April 1999 the WHO redefined cases as Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) [6, 7] In 1997 the number of reported polio cases fell to 5,160, an almost 90% decrease [1, 2] In 1997 philanthropist Mr. R.E. (Ted) Turner made a gift of..> READ MORE

Vaccine Confidence Project (to measure and track public trust) is funded by BMGF

On March 1, 2012 the Vaccine Confidence Project (VPC)  launched it's website.  The projects stated purpose was to anticipate, monitor and understand issues around public confidence in vaccines. With "public trust' as an issue documented in 2008,  just before the 2010 WHO Decade of Vaccines launch, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided funding for the "Project to support public confidence in Immunization Programs" which began around February 23, 2011 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and led by Dr Heidi Larson, a "social and political" focused PhD scientist, formally with UNICEF, GAVI, Harvard and Chatham House. [5, 6] Officially the VPC state that Heidi Larson began the project in 2010.  Larson also served on the WHO SAGE Working Group on vaccine hesitancy. From the start the LSHTM team began developing a Vaccine Confidence Index (VCI) in order to measure and track perceived public confidence in vaccines. The index planned to be "based on a select number of factors identified from extensive analysis of areas of both low and high vaccine coverage." [3, 4]  Australia's VCI rating. On July 18, 2012 at the Society for Risk Analysis World Congress themed “Risk and Development in a Changing..> READ MORE

Global health organisations collaborate to accelerated access to COVID-19 tools

On April 24, 2020 at a virtual event co-hosted by the World Health Organization (Tedros), the President of France (Emmanuel Macron), the President of the European Commission (Ursula Von Der Leyen), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, leaders of global health organisations (including Big Pharma) came together to "ensure" that "everyone everywhere" can have access to "new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19".  Especially the brand new technology COVID-19 vaccines, pushing them through an unprecedented, accelerated development and production process.  [1, 2, 3] They called on the global community and political leaders to support their "landmark collaboration" asking for financial support to accelerate their objectives and capitalize on the "opportunity", by attending a May 4, 2020 virtual pledging initiative. This meeting launched the WHO Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT Accelerator) which "brings together the combined power of several organizations to work with speed and scale".  The "tools" comprise vaccines, tests and treatments. By August 2020, COVAX will became the vaccine arm of the ACT Accelerator initiative [4, 5]

WHO endorsed NGO FIND is launched – a new era in Diagnostics (Dx) begins

On May 22, 2003 at the WHO WHA the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) was created. FIND is an independent, non-profit research foundation based in Geneva, launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), and a Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) Stakeholder. With initial funding of $30 million over 5 years by the BMGF, FIND is the only NGO dedicated solely to the development of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. [1, 2, 3] The creation of FIND was sold as a means to "develop better diagnostic tests for infectious diseases, with an initial emphasis on tuberculosis" as "TB is still diagnosed with century-old technology, by examining a patient's sputum under a microscope". The foundation's first exccutive director was Dr. Giorgio Roscigno and Dr. Mark Perkins as the scientific director. [4] "[T]here is an urgent and unmet need for more accurate and cost-effective diagnostic technologies, particularly for diseases devastating the developing world." The initiative will enable the "development and delivery of much-needed diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases".  Innovations in biotechnology and modern science could transform both the diagnosis and treatment of diseases,..> READ MORE

WCS: One World, One Health Symposium

On September 29, 2004 a "One World, One Health" symposium organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) [3, 4] was held at The Rockefeller University, and was followed by many other workshops, to bring into plan One Health. Health experts "focused on the current and potential movements of diseases among human, domestic animal, and wildlife populations." They state "A broader understanding of health and disease demands a unity of approach achievable only through a consilience of human, domestic animal and wildlife health" what they call One Health. [1] "Phenomena such as species loss, habitat degradation, pollution, invasive alien species, and global climate change are fundamentally altering life on our planet from terrestrial wilderness and ocean depths to the most densely populated cities. The rise of emerging and resurging infectious diseases threatens not only humans (and their food supplies and economies), but also the fauna and flora comprising the critically needed biodiversity that supports the living infrastructure of our world" William H. Foege, a Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave the Keynote Speech:  "One World, One Health, Could We Muddle Through?" and Dr. Steven Sanderson, a Political Scientist [7] who was President & Chief Executive Officer of the..> READ MORE