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NEJM Interview: Dr. Christopher Elias on progress in containing infectious diseases and steps for preventing and countering new threats.

Published: March 31, 2021, 3:01 p.m.

b'Dr. Christopher Elias is the president of the Global Development Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Elias, J.N. Nkengasong, and F. Qadri. Emerging Infectious Diseases \\u2014 Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future. N Engl J Med 2021;384:1181-1184.'