why is it in tropical africa?apt: if you look at a heat and the climate that is best for mosquitoes and where people are most,g it -- bits in the that's really where these mosquitoes are most active. but also, these are some of the poorest countries on her. they don't have strong governments, good health systems and the drugs are reaching people. mismanagement of of things that so many people are dying. last year a few countries managed to eradicate malaria including my -- morocco. it's easier to push back malaria at the edges than it is in the center and africans. the u.s. got rid of merit -- malaria in the middle of the 20th century. his sermons of a problem in africa. host: is it a certain type of mosquito we don't have in the u.s.? guest: there are about 3500 types of mosquitoes in the world, 30 spread malaria. in africa, aroblem group of mostly related mosquitoes are to blame. in india and southeast asia, there are different. in the u.s., we don't have these pieces of mosquito and that's why there's no malari

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africa, asia. latin america and the specific. as i mentioned hess trained as a medical doctor in addition to holding a masters degree in tropical public health. michelle spent the weekend by working in guyana, london and yemen before georging unhcr as a field officer in 1978. his career took him to cameroon and pakistan as well as several years at the agency's headquarters in geneva where he served as the first public health advisor to the organization. due to the time constraints i'm not going to go through the awards that he's received but suffice it to say that he is a very outstanding individual. michelle? >> good evening, everyone and congratulations to the organizers. the turn out is quite impressive. think the fact that we have syrians on the panel certainly explains some of that success. so there are today 60 million people displaced by conflict and persecution and war in the world. 20% of these are syrians. this is just to put the syrian crisis about the size it has and it has tremendous challengers. it starts -- i wouldn't say well, but until 2013 there was hope amongst syrians that there would be a sort of political resolut

africa, asia, latin america and the pacific. he is trained as a medical doctor in addition to holding a masters degree in tropical public health. working spent a decade in guyana, zambia, brazil, london, yemen, before joining unhcr as a field officer in thailand in 1978. his career took him to field operations in cameroon, pakistan , as well as several of the years that the agencies headquartered in geneva, where he served as the first public health advisor to the organization. due to the time constraints, i will not go through all the other wonderful things that he has done and the awards he has received, but suffice it to say he is a very outstanding individual. michelle. you, ambassador, good, and congratulations to the organizers. the turnout is quite impressive, so very nice work. the fact that we have syrians on the panel certainly explains some of that success. today, 60 million people displaced by conflict, persecution, war in the world. 20% are syrian. ont to put the syrian crisis the size that it has, and it has confronted the international community with tremendous challenges. the violence in was her read this, but u

africa, asia, latin america, and the pacific. as i mentioned, he is trained as a medical doctor in addition to holding a master's degree in tropical public health. michel spent a decade working in guyana, zambia, brazil, london and yemen before joining unhcr as a field officer in thailand in 1978. his u.n. career took him to field operations in cameroon, in pakistan, as well as several years at the agency's headquarters in geneva where he served as the first public health adviser to the organization. due to the time constraints, i'm not going to go through all the other wonderful things that he has done and the awards that he has received, but suffice it to say that he is a very outstanding individual. michel. >> thank you very much, mr. ambassador. good evening, everyone, and congratulations to the organizers. i think you've managed to turn out things quite impressive, so very nice work. and i think the fact that we have syrians on the panel certainly explains some of that success. so there are today 60 million people displaced by conflict and persecution and war in the world. 20% of these are syrians. this is just to put the syr

including international service in africa, asia, latin america and the pacific as i mentioned he is a trained as a medical doctor, in addition to holding a master's degree in tropical public health. he spent a decade working in taiwan, zandi, london and yemen before joining unhcr as a field officer in thailand in 1978. is u.n. career took him to field operations in cameroon in pakistan as well as several years at the agency's headquarters in geneva where he served as the first of health advisor to the organization. due to the time considered unlucky to go through all the other wonderful things that he has done and the awards he has received, but suffice it to say that is a very outstanding individual. michel? >> thank you very much mr. ambassador. good in everyone and congratulations to the organizers. i think he managed to turn out quite impress is a very nice worker i think the fact we have serious on the panel explained some of that success -- syrians on the panel. debate our 60 million displaced by conflict and persecution and war in the world. 20% of these are serious. this is just with the syrian crisis decisive as. international temerity has many challenges.

africa, asia, latin america, and the pacific. as i mentioned he is trained as a medical doctor in addition to holding a master's degree in tropicalc health. michelle spent a decade working in guyana, brazil, london and yemen before joining as a field officer in thailand in 1978. his career took him to field operations in cameroon, pakistan, as well as several years at the agency's headquarters in geneva where he served as the first public health adviser to the organization. due to the time constraints i'm not going to go through all the wonderful things he's done and awards that he has received. suffice it to say that he is a very outstanding individual. >> thank you very much mr. ambassador. good evening, everyone. and congratulations to the organizers. i think you've managed a turnout quite impressive. so very nice work. i think the fact that we have southeasterns on the panel certainly explains some of -- syrians on the panel explains some of the success. today 50 million people displaced by conflict persecution and war in the world. 20% of these are syrians. this is just to put the syrian crisis at the size it has. and it has

we have mosquitos and united states but we are not fighting malaria here so why is that in tropical africa? andl >> if you look at the heat to map where they are and the climate it would have been bitten the most, there is a bar across sub-saharan africa that is where they are more biting people but also these are some of the poorest countries on earth. they don't have good health systems in the drugs are now reaching people so is of a tragedy of mismanagement i think last your nephew managed to eradicate malaria including morocco but that is at the edge of the area afri. and it is easier push that back then it is in the center so has been pushed back but it is a problem in africa. >> is it a certain type of mosquito we don't have been united states? >> yes. there 320-0500 types 30 of them spread malaria the biggest problem in africa is a group of closely related mosquitos in indiana and the southeast asia we do have this species of mosquito. >>host: you also begin your piece writing the price tag for eradicating diseases more than 100 million over 15 years you would need bed mats for ever