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John Green: A World Without Tuberculosis
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John Green (the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc. and one-half of the Vlogbrothers) has become one of the leading voices in the fight against tuberculosis, the planet’s deadliest infectious disease, annually killing more people than COVID, malaria, or HIV. Green asks us to consider what it will take to end a disease that is not only imminently curable but also preventable.
2024 International Speaker Series — Mending the World
In a year of landmark pivotal decisions, complex international challenges and conflict, and a polarized populace, WorldOregon invites audiences to explore four prescient, urgent topics — the transnational opioid crisis at home and abroad, the reckoning with race and identity within the U.S., the global scourge of tuberculosis, and how the human spirit might come together to heal the unimaginable scars of the past.
WorldOregon’s International Speaker Series, which began in 2000, is one of the nation’s premier platforms for international affairs, continuing its tradition of presenting a broad spectrum of the people, big ideas, and issues framing our role on the world stage.