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first, world bank president jim yong kim. you came back from australia where you were at the g20 finance and central bankers meeting. ebola was a topic. this would have been in your wheel house as head of the world bank. it is specifically in yours because you did a lot of work at infectious diseases and how to stop them in your days before being at the world bank. how do you see the crisis. depending on what you read it sound out of control and that can get bad, and something that we can get under control. >> going back to the g20, one of things that it does is try to prepare for the major shocks, the major down sized risks. the point i made was ebola looks like a major risk and shock for three countries. this could spread. more offer, pandemic diseases in general - we are not as prepared as we need to be to prevent those shocks. we released a study looking at the impact of ebola. we found almost independent of the number of cases is the aversion behaviour, the closing of the ports. it's that behaviour that had the biggest e
first, world bank president jim yong kim. you came back from australia where you were at the g20 finance and central bankers meeting. ebola was a topic. this would have been in your wheel house as head of the world bank. it is specifically in yours because you did a lot of work at infectious diseases and how to stop them in your days before being at the world bank. how do you see the crisis. depending on what you read it sound out of control and that can get bad, and something that we can get...
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jim yong kim sat with ali velshi to discuss the impact of the ebola beyond west africa. >> ebola now locks like a major risk and shock for three countries, it could spread. more offer, pandemic diseases. we are not as prepared as we need to be to protect the shocks. we released a study looking at the impact of ebola. we found it lac independent of a number of cases. it's the aversion behaviour. it's that kind of behaviour that has had the biggest check impact before s.a.r.s., h1 n 1. that it was not the lives lost, it was the behaviour ta accompanied it, leading to the economic shock. >>> you can see ali velshi's interview with jim yong kim on "talk to al jazeera" coming up next at 5:00 pm eastern. >>> the spread of technology and rapid population growth is posing a threat to cultural conditions and historic locations. rob reynolds reports on a site trying to survive in a modern world >> reporter: this is an ancient place full of life, art and spiritual significance. this is a sacred grove. for many of the 35 million peel in nigeria and around the world, this is one of the holiest pl
jim yong kim sat with ali velshi to discuss the impact of the ebola beyond west africa. >> ebola now locks like a major risk and shock for three countries, it could spread. more offer, pandemic diseases. we are not as prepared as we need to be to protect the shocks. we released a study looking at the impact of ebola. we found it lac independent of a number of cases. it's the aversion behaviour. it's that kind of behaviour that has had the biggest check impact before s.a.r.s., h1 n 1. that...
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. >>> dr jim yong kim warns that the economic fallout from the ebola virus could be catastrophic. in addition to heading up the world bank, kim is a doctor and expert in infectious diseases. >> if we don't get on top of it and it spreads to 15 countries, beyond the borders of africa, we im.
. >>> dr jim yong kim warns that the economic fallout from the ebola virus could be catastrophic. in addition to heading up the world bank, kim is a doctor and expert in infectious diseases. >> if we don't get on top of it and it spreads to 15 countries, beyond the borders of africa, we im.
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. >> you can see ali's interview with jim yong kim on "talk to al jazeera" this afternoon at 3:00p.m. eastern, when he sit down with carolyn miles, the c.e.o. of sao paulo. >>> five babies in texas tested positive to tuberculosis, they could be false positives since they do not have an active form of disease. 700 newborns were exposed to tb by an infected worker at the hospital. it can affect the lucks and if untreated -- lungs, and if untreated can lead to death. >>> nine children in denver have symptoms and limb weakness or paralysis, it's a rare illness spreading across the united states. there's 277 confirmed cases across 38 states. it appears to have a stronger effect on children with asthma. >> 25 years ago the worldwide web went live, allowing information to flow across the globe. the creator is worried that government and big companies are trying to control the access. as phil lavelle reports, he started a campaign to protect freedom of expression online. >> from this to this. this was high tech once, and now this. just look how communications have transformed. partly due to t
. >> you can see ali's interview with jim yong kim on "talk to al jazeera" this afternoon at 3:00p.m. eastern, when he sit down with carolyn miles, the c.e.o. of sao paulo. >>> five babies in texas tested positive to tuberculosis, they could be false positives since they do not have an active form of disease. 700 newborns were exposed to tb by an infected worker at the hospital. it can affect the lucks and if untreated -- lungs, and if untreated can lead to death....