Research!America, the Global Health Council and the United Nations Foundation held the second in a series of vaccine-focused briefings Thursday. This particular briefing focused on the polio vaccine.
The briefing was moderated by Peg Willingham, executive director of the global vaccines campaign for the United Nations Foundation. Presenters David Bowen, PhD, deputy director of global health policy and advocacy for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and John Sever, PhD, vice chair of the International PolioPlus Committee for Rotary International, shared their insights on this critical vaccine and recent investments in polio research which led to the discovery of a more effective, bivalent version of the polio vaccine.
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