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Dr. Seth Berkley

A medical doctor and infectious disease epidemiologist, Dr. Seth Berkley joined Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as its CEO in 2011. In 2020, he co-created COVAX, the only global initiative working with governments and manufacturers to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are available to high- and lower-income countries. Prior to Gavi, Berkley served as president and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Latest Articles

Global health
Global health
Opinion: How to make Africa’s vaccine manufacturing sustainable
7 Nov 2022
Part of the African Union's New Public Health Order vision hinges on the AU’s goal of developing, producing, and supplying at least 60% of its vaccines by 2040. Success will depend on an improved demand system .
Vaccine hesitancy
Vaccine hesitancy
Opinion: The real problem with vaccine hesitancy
18 Sep 2019
It’s easy to blame "anti-vaxxers" for declines in vaccine coverage — but that would give them too much credit, writes Gavi CEO Seth Berkley.
Taking the Pulse
Taking the Pulse
Opinion: Preventing cancer the easy way
6 Aug 2018
While we might often think of preventing cancers as having to involve a major change in behavior or a shift in public health policies, Gavi argues there’s a much easier way: Vaccinations. Seth Berkley explains.
Focus On: Global Health
Focus On: Global Health
Opinion: We need more ambitious global health targets
25 Aug 2017
The way we’re measuring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals could hamper our chances of success, writes Gavi CEO Dr. Seth Berkley.
Making Markets Work
Making Markets Work
Opinion: Bridging supply and demand
24 Oct 2016
If countries are crying out for innovations and innovators are keen to scale up their solutions, why the struggle for demand and funding? Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance CEO Dr. Seth Berkley writes in this guest commentary that the most promising innovative ideas and technologies must be identified and looks at how they can be connected with influential public and private sector leaders.
Focus On: Global Health
Focus On: Global Health
Measles — the canary in the coalmine
27 Apr 2016
Outbreaks of infectious diseases show us how we must bolster our defenses to achieve global health security. In this exclusive guest commentary, Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, marks World Immunization Week by discussing the importance of improving routine immunization to boost population immunity.
Best Buys in Global Health
Best Buys in Global Health
The benefits of PPPs in global health
25 Mar 2014
In a time of tight official aid budgets, only the private sector can take global health efforts to the next level. GAVI Alliance CEO Seth Berkeley reviews several examples of successful public-private partnerships in a guest opinion for PSI Impact.
New York #GlobalDev Week
New York #GlobalDev Week
GAVI Alliance to address the next vaccine challenge: Supply chains
25 Sep 2013
No one likes it when a delivery fails to show, but when it happens with vaccines it costs lives, writes GAVI Alliance CEO Seth Berkley. Read how the alliance is convening a supply chain ‘Center of Excellence’ to leverage private-sector expertise to improve stock monitoring, data analysis and other elements vital to vaccine delivery.
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