Fair doses : an insider's story of the pandemic and the global fight for vaccine equity / Seth Berkley, MD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkley, Seth, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease).

Vaccines--History.

Vaccines.

COVID-19--prevention & control.

Vaccines--history.

Medical Subjects:

COVID-19--prevention & control.

Vaccines--history.

Physical Description:

x, 390 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025]

Summary:

"How vaccines became the world's most powerful and widely distributed health intervention, and the inside story of the challenging race to deliver COVID-19 vaccines globally. Fair Doses is a story of vaccines: how they came about, why they are important, and how they have been made globally available--although our quest for vaccine equity is still ongoing. In this fascinating deep dive into vaccines, Dr. Seth Berkley, an internationally recognized infectious disease epidemiologist and public health leader, offers an inside view of the challenges of developing and disseminating vaccines for a broad swath of illnesses, from Ebola to AIDS to malaria and beyond. COVID-19 was a lesson about the devastation a novel virus can bring on our world. When the first signs of the spread of this new infection appeared, Berkley co-created COVAX, a global initiative aimed at ensuring equitable COVID vaccine distribution. The COVAX team had to navigate vaccine nationalism, vaccine diplomacy, intentional disinformation, political forces, and the conflicting incentives of vaccine companies in its race against the virus. In record time, the group organized 193 countries, built the world's largest portfolio of COVID-19 vaccines, raised more than $12 billion, and delivered two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to 146 countries. Future pandemics are an evolutionary inevitability, and future global response needs to be much faster and more equitable. Drawing from his personal experience, Berkley lays out a bold vision of preparedness that will help the global community take advantage of rapid advancements in science to make our world safer from infectious diseases"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Why vaccines?

The vaccine equity challenge

Forging a career in vaccines and global health

Working on the most difficult vaccine

Gavi, the best kept secret in global health

Launching COVAX

Planning for global COVAX distribution

The ups and downs of vaccine delivery

Financing and supporting COVAX delivery

Sharing Covid-19 vaccine doses

Winding down COVAX while building up

Lessons learned for the inevitable next time

Epilogue : back to Uganda.

Notes:

"A Naomi Schneider book".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-361) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Berkley, Seth. Fair doses.

ISBN:

9780520413160

0520413164

OCLC:

1513553731