Health Affairs Briefing: Vaccines

As Seth Berkely, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, notes in an interview in the forthcoming issue of Health Affairs, “Vaccines do not deliver themselves.” They also don’t finance their own development or distribution, educate the public about their benefits, or eliminate income disparities in access to health services. The complex environment in which vaccines are discovered, produced, and delivered is the theme of the February 2016 issue of the journal.

You are invited to join us on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at a forum at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, featuring authors from the new issue.

WHEN:
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC, 13th Floor

Register Today!

You may follow live Tweets from the briefing @Health_Affairs, and join in the conversation with #HA_Vaccines.

Panels will cover: The Value Of Vaccines, Sustainable Financing Of Vaccines, Delivering Vaccines, and Childhood Vaccines In The US.

Among the confirmed speakers are:

• Jon Kim Andrus, Executive Vice President, Sabin Vaccine Institute, on Combining Global Elimination Of Measles And Rubella With Strengthening Of Health Systems In Developing Countries
• Robin Beillik, Member, European Regional Measles/Rubella Verification Commission, on Slow Progress In Finalizing Measles And Rubella Elimination In The European Region
• Logan Brenzel, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on EPIC Studies: Governments Finance, On Average, More Than Fifty Percent Of Immunization Expenses, 2010-11
• Joseph L. Dieleman, Assistant Professor, Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, on Vaccine Assistance To Low- And Middle-Income Countries Increased To $3.6 Billion In 2014
• Judith Kallenberg, Head of Policy, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, on Gavi’s Transition Policy: Moving From Development Assistance To Domestic Financing Of Immunization Programs
• Abigail Lowin, Student, Columbia Law School, on A Tale Of Two States: Mississippi, West Virginia, And Exemptions To Compulsory School Vaccination Laws
• Michael McQuestion, Director, Sustainable Immunization Financing, Sabin Vaccine Institute, on Routes Countries Can Take To Achieve Full Ownership Of Immunization Programs
• Glen Nowak, Professor and Director of Center for Health & Risk Communication, Grady College, University of Georgia, on Exploring The Impact Of The US Measles Outbreak On Parental Awareness Of And Support For Vaccinations
• Sachiko Ozawa, Assistant Scientist, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, on Return On Investment From Childhood Immunizations In Low- And Middle-Income Countries, 2011-20
• Carol Pandak, Director, PolioPlus, Rotary International, on The Global Polio Eradication Initiative: Progress, Lessons Learned, And Polio Legacy Transition Planning
• David B. Ridley, Dr. and Mrs. Frank A. Riddick Associate Professor of the Practice of Business and Economics, and Faculty Director, Health Sector Management Program, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, on No Shot: US Vaccine Prices And Shortages
• Jason L. Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, on When Not All that Counts Can Be Counted: Economic Evaluations And The Value Of Vaccination
• Angela K. Shen, Senior Science Policy Advisor, National Vaccine Program Office, US Department of Health and Human Services, on Country Ownership And Gavi Transition: Comprehensive Approaches To Supporting New Vaccine Introduction

Health Affairs is grateful to Merck, Takeda, PATH, and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for their generous support of the issue and event.

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