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- [Male Speaker] Today is the opening

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day of the eighth APORA key leaders

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event supported by USAFRICOM.

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(applause)

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APORA is the African Partners
Outbreak Response Alliance

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and was really an effort
from the beginning to

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help the African nations
build capabilities to

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be able to prepare and
detect and respond to

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or any other major disease outbreaks.

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We are looking forward
to the senior leadership

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of Cote d'Ivoire, very
appreciative of their

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hosting this meeting but really begins

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a week of working together.

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I think this will be a
great week and from my own

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experience having been in APORA before

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it's really exciting to see the continued

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growth and development
and really the continued

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enthusiasm of the membership here.