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9/08/2025 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Ski-U-Mah
Global Vaccines and Immunizations: The Science vs The antiscience
Abstract Summary
Global immunizations have produced extraordinary public health gains. Since the formation of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in 2000, we have seen 70-90% reductions in under 5 deaths from vaccine preventable illnesses such as measles and pertussis. But there is more to be done. At our Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development (TCH-CVD) we are developing low cost vaccines for parasitic infections, but also a low-cost COVID vaccine reaching 100 million people in India and Indonesia. Now as we gradually get on the other side of COVID we are seeing unprecedented declines in global immunizations leading to a resurgence of vaccine-preventable illnesses. A significant component is the result of a globalizing antivaccine movement that first accelerated in the U.S. first because of parental concerns around autism and later health freedom politics. During the pandemic an estimated 200,000 Americans perished because they refused COVID vaccinations and now this antivaccine activism is spilling over to childhood immunizations. Ways to counteract a potential unraveling of our precious antivaccine ecosystem will be discussed.
Learning Objectives
- understand the vaccine preventable diseases
- appreciate the impact vaccines have on global and public health
- realize antivaccine movements may counteract the benefits of vaccines
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Presenters
Peter Hotez | POC, Primary Presenter
hotez@bcm.edu;
Dr Hotez is an American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. He speaks on behalf of vaccine preventable diseases. He is the Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics | Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital and he is
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine | Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular Virology & Microbiology | Health Policy Scholar at Baylor College of Medicine.In addition he is a
Baylor University, University Professor, a
Rice University, Baker Institute Fellow in Disease & Poverty, and a Texas A&M University, Faculty-Senior Fellow, Hagler Inst for Advanced Study & Scowcroft Institute of Intl Affairs. He has published and presented numerous research and scientific publications, author, co-authors, and co-edited many books, and he is a popular public speaker at meetings, and is often seen on popular media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hotez
ASHA DISCLOSURE
Financial - Receives Hold patent on equipment,Other financial benefit for Other activities from Baylor Ventures . Receives Royalty options or other ownership interest for Other activities from Elsevier, ASM-Wiley, Johns Hopkins Press.
Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE
Financial - Receives support from Baylor Ventures- COVID 19 vaccine, shared with Biological E (India), Biofarma (Indonesia) , Incepta ( Bangladesh) Immunity Bio ( US and African Continent ) , Elsevier ASM Wiley, Johns Hopkins University Press- book publications royalties for Vaccine patents- Book publications- modest royalties.