
Dr Marta Tufet Bayona
@mtufet
Head of Policy @GAVI The Vaccine Alliance • former Exec Director @UKCDR • Trustee @galapagossip & @ELRHA • research, global health • born at 340ppm
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12-03-2012 22:37:13
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How do we prevent the next pandemic? Gates Foundation #grandchallenges kicks off with a Global Challenge Exercise: Bill Gates, Minister Coll Seck (& Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Board member) & others simulate a World Health Organization (WHO) committee responding to a catastrophic contagion. Also look fwd to reading the book!



Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo 🇧🇪🇪🇺 on Gates Foundation panel: “if you look at R&D, 63% are women, that’s probably one of the reasons why we are good at R&D” #womeninSTEM #womeninscience #belgium #grandchallenges #genderequity #diversity


The #Ebola outbreak of the SUDV species has already claimed 43 lives since 20 Sep in #Uganda. There is currently no licensed #vaccine This is how we Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO) & CEPI are working jointly to support the Ugandan government-led response: gavi.org/news/media-roo…

Uganda has received 1200 doses of vaccines from WHO Uganda which will be used in the Tokomeza #Ebola vaccine trial. This is first batch of one of the three candidate Vaccines against the Sudan Ebolavirus.



📢😍The Infectious Disease team @Wellcome, together with The Global Health Network, have launched a survey to better understand what are the biggest issues that need our attention to better understand the sources and drivers of escalating IDs.

Free menstrual products now at all Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance toilets. Hurray! If you’re thinking, people at Gavi can afford to buy their own stuff, how would you feel if asked to bring your own toilet paper & soap to work? Not a luxury, a necessity. Period. #genderequity #menstruation #iwd2023




“People tend to associate El Niño with floods or drought. But did you know it also increases the risk of disease?” - Gavi’s Head of Policy Dr Dr Marta Tufet Bayona outlines the link between this climate event and the increased risk of outbreaks: bit.ly/44tQvNR