Walter Orenstein | Professor Emeritus, Emory School of Medicine, Former Associate Director,
Emory Vaccine Center
Walter A. Orenstein, MD, is currently a Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Pediatrics at Emory University. From 2008 through 2011, Dr. Orenstein was Deputy Director for Immunization Programs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His primary focus at the foundation had been on polio eradication, measles control, and improving routine immunization programs. Prior to 2004, Dr. Orenstein worked for 26 years in the Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 1988-2004, he was the Director of the United States Immunization Program. He is a former Assistant Surgeon General of the USPHS. Dr. Orenstein successfully developed, promoted, facilitated and expanded new vaccination strategies to enhance disease prevention.
Appearances:
Main Congress Day 1 - 22nd April @ 16:50
Keynote panel: Measles eradication goals – are they out of reach?
- Have we made progress in combatting declining immunization rates?
- Impact of recent outbreaks – how have different countries been responding to tackle them?
- Public health, behavior and uptake
- How much has the anti-vaccine movement spilled over into childhood immunizations?
- Summary of where we are, how do we look post covid vs pre covid as to how we are on track to eliminate measles?
- Has the reduction in deaths slowed now with the pandemic and are we bouncing back?
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