{"id":13263,"date":"2021-06-23T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?page_id=13263"},"modified":"2021-07-23T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:27:11","slug":"bu-ceid-congressional-briefing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/bu-ceid-congressional-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Hosts Global Vaccine Access Briefing on July 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Global Vaccine Access:\u00a0Insights from International Public Health Experts on Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Recovery\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/06\/COVID-19_Vaccine-636x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"279\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/06\/COVID-19_Vaccine-636x279.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/06\/COVID-19_Vaccine-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/06\/COVID-19_Vaccine-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/06\/COVID-19_Vaccine.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/\">Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy &amp; Research<\/a>\u00a0(CEID) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\">BU Federal Relations<\/a>\u00a0held a virtual lunchtime briefing with experts from multiple organizations on what U.S. policymakers can do to ensure equitable access to vaccines worldwide to protect the health of their constituents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OPENING REMARKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/frankel.house.gov\/about\/\">Congresswoman Lois Frankel<\/a>, D-FL, United States House of Representatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SPEAKERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/about-the-center\/team\/nahid-bhadelia-md-mald\/\">Dr. Nahid Bhadelia<\/a>, MD, MALD, Founding Director of Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/07\/Power-Point-Slides-Nahid-Bhadelia-BU-Center-for-Emerging-Infectious-Diseases-Policy-Research.pdf\">SLIDES<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/person\/josh-michaud\/\">Josh Michaud<\/a>, PhD, Associate Director, Global Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/07\/Power-Point-Slides-_-Josh-Michaud-Kasier-Family-Foundation.pdf\">SLIDES<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/06\/Dr.-Mosoka-P.-Fallah-Bio.pdf\">Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah<\/a>, PhD, MPH, MA, President and CEO, Refuge Place International (RPI)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/07\/Power-Point-Slides-Mosoka-Fallah-Refuge-Place-International.pdf\">SLIDES<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MODERATOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amymaxmen.com\">Amy Maxmen<\/a>, Senior Reporter,\u00a0<i><i>Nature<\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nVIDEO OF BRIEFING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSD-kLnppv4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Vaccine Access:\u00a0Insights from International Public Health Experts on Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Recovery\u00a0 On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, the\u00a0Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy &amp; Research\u00a0(CEID) and BU Federal Relations\u00a0held a virtual lunchtime briefing with experts from multiple organizations on what U.S. policymakers can do to ensure equitable access to vaccines worldwide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7048,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13263"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13378,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13263\/revisions\/13378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}