Is the GAVI Alliance a Smart Investment?

By: Lisa Carty

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center hosts a discussion with Amie Batson, USAID deputy assistant administrator for global health; Joelle Tanguy, managing director of external relations for GAVI; Nicole Bates, senior program officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Claire Moran, Development Counselor at the British Embassy, at CSIS on June 27, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The discussion will focus on the challenges ahead for maintaining momentum and expanding vaccine coverage following a record $4.3 billion in pledges to the GAVI Alliance earlier this month in London. 

WHEN/WHERE:    
Monday, June 27, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CSIS B1 Conference Center, 1800 K Street, NW

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.