Ombline Richard | Head of Policy
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Ombline Richard is Head of Policy at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, where she helps shape policy approaches that support equitable access to life-saving vaccines worldwide. Her work sits at the intersection of global health, immunisation policy, financing and strategic partnership, contributing to efforts to strengthen vaccine delivery and improve health outcomes in lower-income countries.

At World Vaccine Congress Europe 2026, Ombline will bring a policy perspective on the evolving global vaccine landscape, including the importance of collaboration among governments, manufacturers, funders, civil society and implementing partners to advance sustainable and resilient immunisation programmes.

Appearances:

Day 2 (21st October) @ 12:00

Working Group: The way forward: how do we ensure that the priority combination vaccines are developed, licensed and used? (Track Room 4)

The session will present the results of a recent WHO-PATH effort to develop a systematic framework for prioritizing pediatric combination vaccines, and the priority vaccines that have emerged. Through an interactive panel discussion with active audience participation, the session will explore practical pathways for translating these priorities into vaccines that are developed, licensed, introduced and used at scale.

Farzana Muhib, Program Advisor, PATH

Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Technical Officer, World Health Organization

Laura Cornelissen, Team lead VPD - Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Sciensano

Melanie Saville, Chief Scientific Officer, PATH