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CommonHealth Live! with Dr. Adam Ratner and Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango
April 30, 2025 • 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT
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In the twelfth episode of The CommonHealth Live! which falls during World Immunization Week, Katherine E. Bliss talks with Dr. Adam Ratner, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases and author of Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health, and Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango, Associate Director of Immunization at UNICEF, about measles outbreaks in the United States and abroad; how to bolster measles vaccination coverage in a period of reduced financing for domestic and global programs; and why routine immunization programs are critical to global health security.
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Gates Foundation.
Contact Information
- Priya Chainani
- Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Global Health Policy Center
- (202) 741-3923
- PChainani@csis.org
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Senior Fellow and Director, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center
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Adam Ratner
Member of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics
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Ephrem T. Lemango
Associate Director of Immunization at UNICEF