Fair doses: An insider's story of the pandemic and the global fight for vaccine equity
Presentation and Q&A with Seth Berkley, author of ‘Fair Doses: An Insider's Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity'.
Vaccines are our most important public health tool, with estimates of more than half a billion lives saved since being made routinely available about seventy years ago.
During this talk Seth Berkley will explore issues and answer questions around vaccine hesitancy, misinformation and vaccine equity. The talk will cover how vaccines work, as well as the history, institutions, and the people that have contributed to the push for global vaccine equity. Seth will take attendees behind the scenes to share his own experiences in a variety of roles, digging into the complicated production of vaccines, the creation of partnerships between the biopharmaceutical industry and the public sector, and the political wrangling that makes funding, distribution, and vaccination itself possible. He will also highlight the challenges experienced during the COVAX roll-out, that threaten to derail vaccine equity, such as vaccine nationalism, vaccine diplomacy, intentional disinformation, political forces, the conflicting incentives of vaccine companies, and a global economy that favours richer countries over poorer ones.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A, and an opportunity to purchase the book.
Speaker
Seth Berkley, MD is an infectious disease epidemiologist currently advising vaccine, biotechnology, and technology companies, and is Adjunct Professor and Senior Adviser to the Pandemic Center at Brown University. He served as CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance from 2011 to 2023; cofounded COVAX; and founded and served as CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
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