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Seth Berkley on COVAX’s Past, Present and Future

Seth Berkley on COVAX’s Past, Present and Future

FromPandemic Planet


Seth Berkley on COVAX’s Past, Present and Future

FromPandemic Planet

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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Dec 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, an edited version of a live event on November 15, Katherine talks with Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, about the first year and a half of COVAX, the global collaboration focused on ensuring globally equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines. One year after the first vaccines were made available, their distribution remains highly unequal, with an overwhelming majority of doses so far delivered to populations in high-income countries. Even as vaccine production has expanded, inequities have worsened, especially among lower-income countries. What difficult lessons have been learned over COVAX’s first year and a half? How likely is it that populations in lower-income countries will have access to Covid-19 vaccines in 2022? And how can countries that have surplus vaccines best support COVAX and the distribution of vaccines globally?
Released:
Dec 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Pandemic Planet is the new podcast from the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security. Pandemic Planet delves deeply into the global health security challenges facing the world. Through candid interviews with diverse global experts and leaders, Pandemic Planet will help you understand the stark geopolitical, economic, security and societal challenges we face, including the imperative for renewed and high-level U.S. international leadership. We explore bold new ideas and technological options for improving health security for the United States – and the rest of the planet. Pandemic Planet is co-hosted by J. Stephen Morrison, director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center and Katherine E. Bliss, senior fellow with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center. Our other highly successful podcast series, Coronavirus Crisis Update, will continue, with a focus on what is happening in America.