Co-Hosted by the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, National Geographic, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Worldwide, pneumonia takes the lives of more young children than any other disease – more than 100 every hour of every day. The single biggest cause of fatal pneumonia in childhood is preventable with a vaccine. This panel discussion featured child health experts, advocates and researchers to discuss the successes, and remaining hurdles, towards achieving full protection against vaccine-preventable pneumonia and other diseases for the world’s most vulnerable children.
Panelists include:
Cynthia Gorney (University of California, Berkeley, National Geographic) – moderator
Dr. Samir Saha (Head of Microbiology Department at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Bangladesh and Executive Director of the Child Health Research Foundation, Bangladesh)
Dr. Cynthia Whitney, (Chief of Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control)
Dr. Keith Klugman (Director for Pneumonia, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Dr. Chizoba Wonodi, (Nigeria Director, International Vaccine Access Center of Johns Hopkins University)
Martha Rebour, (Executive Director, Shot@Life, United Nations Foundation).
