In April 2024, SOAS University of London and AIRnet hosted a conference funded by The British Academy, bringing together scholars and specialists from around the world to address the urgent public health issue of vaccine inequity. This issue disproportionately affected national response efforts in the Global South during the COVID-19 pandemic. By reflecting on the lessons learned from the pandemic, participants discussed a roadmap for “Resolving Global Vaccine Inequity” through a more equitable and inclusive system of vaccine innovation, manufacturing capabilities, and global governance. The conference was convened by Christine Oughton (SOAS University of London and AIRnet), Öner Tulum, and William Lazonick (AIRnet), and featured the following speakers:
- Phil Alvelda, Brainworks Foundry, Inc
- Julia Barnes-Weise, Global Healthcare Innovation Alliances Accelerator (GHIAA)
- Maria Bottazzi, Texas Children’s Hospital Centre for Vaccine Development; National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Andres Cardenas, AIRnet
- Thomas Ferguson, Institute for New Economic Thinking
- Padmashree Gehl Sampath, African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, University of Johannesburg, Harvard University
- Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts, UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
- Hsu Huang, Brown University
- Jerome H. Kim, International Vaccine Institute, South Korea
- William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts, AIRnet
- Rohit Malpani, Independent Consultant, UNITAID
- Duncan Matthews, Queen Mary University of London
- Suerie Moon, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Jorge Saavedra, Executive Director, AHF Global Public Health Institute University of Miami, Member of the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, The Global Pandemic Policy Group
- Christine Oughton, SOAS University of London, AIRnet
- Petro Terblanche, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines
- Damian Tobin, University of Cork
- Öner Tulum, AIRnet, Brown University
Click HERE to download the conference program and speaker profiles.
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