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Laurie Garrett

Senior Fellow for Global Health

Expertise

Global health systems; chronic and infectious diseases; bioterrorism; public health and its effects on foreign policy and national security.

Programs

Global Health Program

CFR Events

From IAVI to GAVI: A Conversation with Seth Berkley on the Future of Vaccines and Global Health

Speaker: Seth F. Berkley
Presider: Laurie Garrett

Seth Berkley, president, chief executive officer, and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and incoming chief executive officer of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) joined us for this unique insider look at his plans for the future of GAVI, and its position in the larger landscape of global health.

The Role of the Community of Faith in HIV Prevention

Speakers: Bishop Charles E. Blake, Kenneth Hackett and Jed Hoffman
Presider: Laurie Garrett

Experts discuss how to equip and mobilize churches and faith communities to respond to the needs of those affected by HIV/AIDS in positive ways that target the stigmas associated with the pandemic, while improving access to HIV/AIDS treatment. Bishop Charles E. Blake, chairman and CEO of Save Africa's Children, emphasizes that the black church must emulate the Biblical leader Joseph's actions, providing humanitarian assistance to brothers and sisters struggling in Africa, the "homeland."

Financing Global Health 2010

Speakers: Christopher Murray and Alexander S. Preker
Presider: Laurie Garrett

This session was from the Global Health Program meeting, Financing Global Health 2010.