
COVID Has Set Back Childhood Immunizations Worldwide
No child should have to die of a preventable disease. Getting pediatric vaccine numbers back to what they used to be will take money, time and cooperation
Seth Berkley is CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
No child should have to die of a preventable disease. Getting pediatric vaccine numbers back to what they used to be will take money, time and cooperation
We need to make the development and distribution of vaccines a truly global endeavor
Coronavirus infections can lead to bacterial infections—and bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotics
Infectious disease surveillance networks already exist, but they can be highly porous
The 2019 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award is a gratifying validation of the work we do at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
New antibiotics will help, but vaccines are a more immediate, complementary solution
We're immunizing more kids than ever, but the population growth means the percentage of children being protected is stagnating
An outbreak of diphtheria in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh makes it clear that these people were living in substandard conditions before they fled Myanmar
To avoid another disaster, we need to think both inside and outside the box
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