Saving Mothers' and Children's Lives through Vaccines

Speakers will include:

Carla Campbell, MD, MS
Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel School of Public Health (DUSPH) and member, Maternal and Child Health Working Group, DUSPH
Title: “A Shot at Life: Preventing Maternal and Child Deaths through Increased Vaccination”

Shannon Marquez, PhD, MEng
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Global Public Health Initiatives, DUSPH
Title: “Environmental Health and Diarrheal Disease: Rotavirus Vaccine Implementation in the Expanded Program on Immunization in The Gambia”

Lucille Pilling, EdD, MPH, BSN, RN
Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Lecturer at Thomas Jefferson University School of Population Health, and Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Continuing Professional Studies
Title: “Partnerships: How They Evolve and Are Managed”

Sachin Walawalkar, BHMS, MPH Candidate
Physician and DUSPH MPH student
Title: “The Success of Polio Eradication in India through Recent Vaccination Campaigns”

Ethan McBeth
Representative from ELIMINATE Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus, Kiwanis International
Film: “Introducing The Eliminate Project”

Sponsored by the United Nations Association of Great Philadelphia. Co-sponsored by the Global Nursing Club of Philadelphia, Nursing Students for Global Health, The Global health Initiative of DUSPH, The Maternal and Child Working Group of DUSPH, and the Global Health Forum of the DUSPH.

See the event flyer.