Lance Gordon

Lance Gordon

Dr. Lance Gordon, director for neglected infectious diseases in the global health program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, leads the effort to reduce the burden of selected infectious diseases on the world’s poorest people through effective control, elimination or eradication.

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New Japanese encephalitis vaccine 'a historic moment for global health'

New Japanese encephalitis vaccine 'a historic moment for global health'

over 10 years ago // Global Health

Lance Gordon retires this month from his position as director of the neglected infectious diseases team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — but not before a major win for global health. Gordon reflects on the path that has led to today's Japanese encephalitis vaccine in this opinion for Devex.