Orin Levine
Title
Director, Vaccine Delivery
Organization
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Orin Levine leads the foundation’s efforts to accelerate the introduction of new vaccinesand related technologies and to improve routine immunization systems. He is the Foundation’s focal point for engagement with the GAVI Alliance whose mission is saving children’s lives by increasing access to immunization in poor countries.
Before joining the foundation’s Global Development Program in 2012, Dr. Levine was a Professor of International Health, and Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has also served as a Steering Committee Member of the Decade of Vaccines Collaboration and Co-Chair of its Global Access Working Group, as well as President, Committee on Global Health, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.
Dr. Levine graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College and received a PhD in epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Posts By Orin Levine
June 13, 2013 / Orin Levine
So, this father’s day, I’m urging fellow fathers around the world to get as involved in their children’s health as they are when their children are ill. Fathers everywhere want the best for their kids and, as I saw in Ghana, pour their souls out when their
children are gravely ill. But all too often they are missing from the vaccination clinic, one of the key steps to preventing serious illnesses like the pneumonia that took Isiah.
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June 03, 2013 / Orin Levine
The Gates Foundation is seeking your help to redesign the child health record. We are looking for innovative approaches to the records to improve their use and accuracy. We know they are valued by health professionals and families but believe the current
records can be improved upon so they are longer-lasting and adaptable to accommodate evolving health systems.
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May 14, 2013 / Orin Levine
In just one week, we’ve learned that the leading causes of childhood diarrheal disease include a vaccine preventable target – rotavirus - and that a new rotavirus vaccine, developed by Indian scientists works better than expected and will be made available
to children in poor countries for a price of just $1.00 per dose.
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December 11, 2012 / Orin Levine
At the Gates Foundation, we believe that we can improve our immunization systems by empowering health workers with timely, accurate data. The importance of improved data was evident to Orin Levine on a recent trip to the field in western Kenya. Here he
uses a sort of ‘photo safari’ to illustrate the challenges to capturing, reporting, analyzing, and using accurate, timely data to guide vaccination programs in developing countries.
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November 12, 2012 / Orin Levine