[Webinar] Celebrating Vaccine Victories: EPI at 50
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About the Event
As part of World Immunization Week, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is hosted a webinar to celebrate 50 years of the Essential Programme on Immunization (EPI), EPI successes over the last half century, and what the future of immunization holds. A distinguished panel of Johns Hopkins experts and scientists presented on the history of and their experience with EPI vaccines including the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, and rotavirus vaccine, among others.
Speakers:
- William J. Moss, MD, MPH – Director, IVAC | Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Neal A. Halsey, MD – Professor Emeritus of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Director Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Institute for Vaccine Safety
- Mathuram Santosham, MD, MPH - Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | IVAC Senior Advisor
- Maria Deloria Knoll, PhD - Research Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | Director of Epidemiology, IVAC
- Chizoba Barbara Wonodi, DrPH, MBBS, MPH - Associate Scientist, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | Nigeria Country Director, IVAC