Penny Heaton at the 2016 LaMontagne Lecture
Mar
29
2016
Mar
29
2016
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Dr. Penny Heaton is Director of Vaccine Development for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Heaton’s talk entitled "Reducing Childhood Mortality Through Vaccination: progress, challenges and the future," focused on the progress that Gates Foundation researchers are making to address and reduce mortality in neonates, infants and children, particularly in developing countries where diseases such as malaria and even polio are still important concerns.
Childhood mortality rates have dropped dramatically since 1960. Worldwide, mortality rates in children have dropped from 20 million per year in 1960 to 6.6 million in 2012. Such an amazing decline in such short time is attributed to the development and use of vaccines like the polio vaccine and application of interventions such as malaria control and improved prenatal care. Dr. Heaton and the research teams that she works with are dedicated to bringing mortality rates even lower.
Location
Connally Ballroom, Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
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