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Calling a Pandemic Ceasefire
Vaccinating in Conflict Zones

Summary

Calling a Pandemic Ceasefire: Vaccinating in Conflict Zones
Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH

Monday, October 25, 2021

To contain the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people living in conflict zones will need to be vaccinated. But what will it take to negotiate “pandemic ceasefires” when warring factions have largely abandoned conventional laws of war? Our expert panel looked at how to get life-saving vaccines to people living amid violence and political instability.

Part of: Policy Controversies.

Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH

Background Articles

  • Vaccination and beyond: Lessons for ending the pandemic from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the U.S.

Image Credit: iStock.com/Naeblys

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Opening Remarks

Michael Fitzgerald
Editor-in-chief, Harvard Public Health Magazine

Moderator

Elana Gordon
Reporter and Producer, The World

Expert Participants

Claude Bruderlein
Director, Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation, and Adjunct Lecturer on Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Madeline Drexler
Journalist and Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Jennifer Leaning
Senior Research Fellow, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Esperanza Martinez
Head of COVID-19 Crisis Team, International Committee of the Red Cross

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