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Hello and Welcome to the Seth Berkely Gowning Ceremony & Public Lecture: The Power and Science of Vaccines
Dr. Seth Franklin Berkley -the CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and a global advocate of the power of vaccines received Makerere University's prestigious Honorary Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa) during the 71st Graduation Ceremony in May, 2021 where he attended virtually.
Dr. Seth will deliver a Public Lecture titled: ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ as part of #MakerereAt100 celebrations. There will also be a gowning ceremony for the awarded Honorary Doctor of Science.
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The founder and former president and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative is honored for his tremendous contribution to the staff capacity building in training and research, and student training at the Makerere University School of Public Health. He was instrumental in starting theย ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ย ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐กย ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌย ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญย ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌย to create a cadre of Public Health workers who are trained from the community. The first three programs in Africa were established inย Zimbabwe,ย Ghana, andย Uganda.
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- Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley biography, October 2022
- Programmeย
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Proposed programme for Public Lecture and Gowning Ceremony for the Honorary Doctor of Science to Dr. Seth Franklin Berkley, CEO (355.9 KB) | 355.9 KB |
Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley biography, October 2022 (99.71 KB) | 99.71 KB |