Dr. Seth Berkley

There has been an unwritten rule that it can take 15 years or longer between the introduction of new life-saving vaccines in rich countries and their widespread use in the poorest nations. It's a tragic and unnecessary time-lag that has cost the lives of many millions of children.

But national...

Recent moves by the Obama Administration coupled with important scientific advances provide reason to be hopeful about the quest for an AIDS vaccine this World AIDS Vaccine Day.

Since taking office, the Obama Administration has been grappling with the challenges of coordinating a long-term, sustainable response to the HIV/AIDS...

For anyone interested in the future of AIDS, these are interesting times. Last week, researchers met in Paris to compare notes on their progress toward an HIV vaccine, the intervention that holds the best hope of ending, rather than just mitigating, the pandemic. Given that HIV is the most difficult...

Two weeks ago the Gambian Minister of Health, Dr. Mariatou Jallow, administered the first dose of pneumococcal vaccine available in her country to a child at a rural clinic outside the capital of Banjul. This marked the groundbreaking first step in the rollout of the Gambia's national pneumococcal immunization program....

Earlier this week, President Obama proposed a $63 billion, six-year global health initiative to address diseases in the developing world, so as to both protect Americans from health challenges that emerge from abroad and to support the dignity of people everywhere. This announcement came on the heels of his inspiring...