Realizing a Polio-Free World: Sustaining U.S. Support for Global Polio Eradication
July 10, 2018 • 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center will host an international conference that will highlight the role the U.S. is playing in global polio eradication and how that role will evolve as eradication is achieved. National governments and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are edging toward global polio eradication, focusing the bulk of attention and resources toward the few remaining areas where the wild virus continues to circulate. While ensuring eradication remains the top priority, the global health community is also preparing to sustain valuable immunization and disease response tools developed during the initiative.
Light refreshments will be served at 8:30am.
Opening Remarks J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, CSIS Global Health Policy Center
Opening Keynote Presentation
Sen. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader
Introduced by: Dr. John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
Panel 1: U.S. Contributions to Achieving and Sustaining Eradication
Irene Koek, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
Dr. W. William Schluter, Director, Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderated by: Lori Sloate, Senior Director, Global Health, United Nations Foundation
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
Panel 2: GPEI Approaches for Reaching Mobile, Refugee, and Migrant Populations Ahmed Arale, Secretariat Director for Kenya-Somalia, CORE Group Program
Andrew Etsano, Immunization Adviser, Health in Complex Setting Unit, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
John Vertefeuille, Polio Eradication Branch Chief and Incident Manager, Polio Emergency Response, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderated by: Nellie Bristol, Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Health Policy Center
Dr. Christopher Elias,President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Closing Keynote Presentation Dr. Robert Redfield, Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Introduced by: Mike McGovern, International PolioPlus Committee Chair, Rotary International
Closing Remarks and Launch of a new CSIS web product: Building Global Health Capacity through Polio Eradication Nellie Bristol, Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Health Policy Center
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
