Jane Halton: the launch of CEPI 3.0

About this episode

Jane Halton discusses the evolution of CEPI and the launch of CEPI 3.0 at the Munich Security Conference.

Jane Halton, chair of CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, walks us through CEPI's evolution since its founding in early 2017, and the launch on February 14, at the Munich Security Conference, of CEPI 3.0, fitted to the current era of heightened threat of dangerous bioevents, scarcer resources, and a pivot to security partners, including NATO.

People in this episode

Guest: Jane Halton

Topics covered

• CEPI
• epidemic preparedness
• biosecurity
• NATO
• health policy

Keywords

• Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
• bioevents
• security partners

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