Summit to build global confidence in vaccines to be convened by the UK Government
The UK Government will convene the world’s first Global Vaccine Confidence Summit in an effort to drive vaccine uptake in the fight against the Covid.
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15 May 2021
The UK Government will convene a virtual Global Vaccine Confidence Summit on June 2nd, bringing together experts in the public and private sector.
The Summit will look at innovative solutions to tackle misinformation and support confidence in life-saving COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
Speakers at the summit will include Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Professor Heidi Larson, Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with further international speakers to be announced on G7 social channels in the coming weeks
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