ambassador deborah birx, u.s. global aids coordinator for global health diplomacy. general charles wald, the co-chair of the national security program and ambassador mark storella, former u.s. ambassador to zambia and current deputy assistant secretary of state at the bureau of population, refugees and migration. our moderator today is dr. charles holmes who in addition to consulting on this report is the faculty co-director of the center for global health and quality and a visiting associate professor in the department of medicine at georgetown university. prior to joining georgetown charles served for found years as the ceo at the center for infectious disease research? zambia and prior to that served as the chief medical officer for pepfar. he was their founding director of the office of research and science. charles? >> thank you, blaise. it's a real pleasure to be here this morning and given the range of diplomatic and public health as well as security concerns and issues that we've talked about already, we really couldn't ask for a better panel here today. i w