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** Jan 10 Webinar: How to boost vaccine uptake with John Nkengasong
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January 5, 2022

Dear Advocate,

Join the COVID Advocates Advisory Board (CAAB ([link removed]) ), the Coalition to Accelerate and Support Prevention Research (CASPR ([link removed]) ) and AVAC on January 10th, 10:00-11:30am ET, for a close look at how global health leaders are tackling public resistance to COVID-19 vaccines, and lessons for the HIV field.

Register here for ([link removed]) Understanding—and Improving—COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake ([link removed]) , the first in a series of webinars on vaccine confidence. WACI Health ([link removed]) ’s Rosemary Mburu will moderate a discussion with:
* John Nkengasong ([link removed]) , current director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control ([link removed]) and Prevention (and President Biden’s nominee to lead PEPFAR ([link removed]) ).
* Heidi Larson ([link removed]) , founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project ([link removed]) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
* Kate Hopkins ([link removed]) , Director of Research, Vaccine Acceptance & Demand at the Sabin Vaccine Institute ([link removed]) .


The causes of vaccine hesitancy are complex, but its impact on prolonging pandemics is clear. Low uptake, particularly in countries with widespread access to vaccines, is hobbling the global COVID-19 response. Learning from efforts to build confidence in effective vaccines, and in the health systems that develop, manufacture, approve and distribute them, is essential. These lessons are integral to ending the current pandemic and preparing the field for future vaccines to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and whatever pandemic might be next.

This webinar is part of a series hosted by the CAAB and CASPR exploring key topics in pandemic preparedness and response. The series is focused on capturing insights from the response to COVID-19 that will inform public health policy and practice moving forward. For more, visit covidadvocates.org ([link removed]) .

Best,
AVAC

P.S.

Please also mark your calendars for Thursday, January 13 at 9:00 am EST for a webinar to discuss the latest ups and downs in HIV prevention, and set an advocacy agenda together for the future: Ups & Downs in the Field: Setting an Agenda Together for HIV Prevention in 2022; click here to register ([link removed]) . And check out A World In Transition: Charting the Future of HIV Prevention and Global Health Advocacy and Action ([link removed]) to get a sense of some of the topics we’ll be exploring on the 13th.

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