Aurélia Nguyen, một nhà khoa học gốc Việt, chịu trách nhiệm phối hợp và cung cấp vắc xin Covid-19 cho 190 nền kinh tế thông qua chương trình COVAX.
“Không quá lời khi nói rằng sức khỏe của cả thế giới nằm trong tay của Aurélia Nguyễn”, tạp chí Time giới thiệu trong bài viết ngày 17 tháng 2 về người phụ nữ Mỹ gốc Việt được bầu là CEO Covax vào tháng trước. Năm 2020.
Với tư cách là Giám đốc điều hành, bà Nguyễn chịu trách nhiệm bảo đảm rằng vắc xin, vũ khí cứu sống và chấm dứt đại dịch Covid-19, đến được với số lượng lớn nhất trên thế giới, bảo đảm khả năng tiếp cận vắc xin công bằng và bình đẳng cho khoảng 190 nền kinh tế toàn cầu.
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Aurélia Nguyen, a Vietnamese-born scientist, is responsible for coordinating and delivering Covid-19 vaccines to 190 economies through the COVAX program.
“It is not an exaggeration to say that the health of the whole world is in the hands of Aurélia Nguyen,” introduced Time magazine in its February 17 article on the Vietnamese-American woman who was named Covax CEO last month. 2020.
As CEO, Ms. Nguyen is responsible for ensuring that vaccines, the weapon that saves lives and ends the Covid-19 pandemic, reach the largest number of people in the world, ensuring fair and equal access to vaccines for approximately 1
90 global economies.
Aurélia Nguyen, Covax program manager. Photo: GAVI
Nguyen oversaw the use of the $ 6 billion budget provided by 98 rich countries to COVAX for this purpose. Since November 2020, he has led the mission to secure and distribute free vaccines in nearly 92 countries with scarce resources and insufficient budgets to order vaccines. Covax also has to compete with rich countries for the necessary supply of vaccines.
“Not everything goes smoothly,” he admitted.
COVAX is jointly implemented by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Pandemic Preparedness Initiatives (CEPI). The program is a global collaborative initiative, bringing together governments, scientists, businesses, corporations, donors and global health organizations to accelerate the process of ending the pandemic.
Prior to assuming the position of CEO of COVAX, Nguyen was Executive Director of Vaccines and Sustainability at GAVI, responsible for coordinating GAVI’s resources to support the sustainable financing of vaccination programs and other market initiatives, thereby expanding vaccination.
“I am half French and half Vietnamese and have lived in many countries around the world,” Nguyen said on the GAVI website in 2013.
Prior to joining GAVI, he held various positions from 1999 to 2010 at the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, where he developed many policies on access to drugs and vaccines in developing countries. He also conducts a lot of research for the WHO on the policy of generic drugs, which have the same active ingredients as brand-name drugs but are cheaper to produce.
Ms. Nguyen holds a master’s degree in health policy, planning and finance from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics. She was honored by Time magazine as one of the “100 People Shaping the Future of Their Field and Defining the Next Generation of Leaders” in 2021.
Ms. Nguyen said COVAX’s goal is to distribute 1.8 billion vaccine doses worldwide by early 2022. To date, COVAX has distributed 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 138 participants. to the program.
“The Covid-19 crisis helps us realize that we live in a highly connected world. It is important that everyone has equal access to health services,” Nguyen said in an interview with Bloomberg on July 1.
“Therefore, I hope that governments, the private sector, the people, come together to support our efforts to solve global health problems. We must use this opportunity to rebuild better, for a stronger health system, for better resilience.” he stressed.
Hong Hanh (To follow Bloomberg / Time)
“Không quá lời khi nói rằng sức khỏe của cả thế giới nằm trong tay của Aurélia Nguyễn”, tạp chí Time giới thiệu trong bài viết ngày 17 tháng 2 về người phụ nữ Mỹ gốc Việt được bầu là CEO Covax vào tháng trước. Năm 2020.
Với tư cách là Giám đốc điều hành, bà Nguyễn chịu trách nhiệm bảo đảm rằng vắc xin, vũ khí cứu sống và chấm dứt đại dịch Covid-19, đến được với số lượng lớn nhất trên thế giới, bảo đảm khả năng tiếp cận vắc xin công bằng và bình đẳng cho khoảng 190 nền kinh tế toàn cầu.
https://remonews.com/vietnameng/the-...-in-her-hands/
The Vietnamese woman “has the health of the world in her hands”
Vietnam 382 Views
Aurélia Nguyen, a Vietnamese-born scientist, is responsible for coordinating and delivering Covid-19 vaccines to 190 economies through the COVAX program.
“It is not an exaggeration to say that the health of the whole world is in the hands of Aurélia Nguyen,” introduced Time magazine in its February 17 article on the Vietnamese-American woman who was named Covax CEO last month. 2020.
As CEO, Ms. Nguyen is responsible for ensuring that vaccines, the weapon that saves lives and ends the Covid-19 pandemic, reach the largest number of people in the world, ensuring fair and equal access to vaccines for approximately 1
90 global economies.
Aurélia Nguyen, Covax program manager. Photo: GAVI
Nguyen oversaw the use of the $ 6 billion budget provided by 98 rich countries to COVAX for this purpose. Since November 2020, he has led the mission to secure and distribute free vaccines in nearly 92 countries with scarce resources and insufficient budgets to order vaccines. Covax also has to compete with rich countries for the necessary supply of vaccines.
“Not everything goes smoothly,” he admitted.
COVAX is jointly implemented by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Pandemic Preparedness Initiatives (CEPI). The program is a global collaborative initiative, bringing together governments, scientists, businesses, corporations, donors and global health organizations to accelerate the process of ending the pandemic.
Prior to assuming the position of CEO of COVAX, Nguyen was Executive Director of Vaccines and Sustainability at GAVI, responsible for coordinating GAVI’s resources to support the sustainable financing of vaccination programs and other market initiatives, thereby expanding vaccination.
“I am half French and half Vietnamese and have lived in many countries around the world,” Nguyen said on the GAVI website in 2013.
Prior to joining GAVI, he held various positions from 1999 to 2010 at the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, where he developed many policies on access to drugs and vaccines in developing countries. He also conducts a lot of research for the WHO on the policy of generic drugs, which have the same active ingredients as brand-name drugs but are cheaper to produce.
Ms. Nguyen holds a master’s degree in health policy, planning and finance from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics. She was honored by Time magazine as one of the “100 People Shaping the Future of Their Field and Defining the Next Generation of Leaders” in 2021.
Ms. Nguyen said COVAX’s goal is to distribute 1.8 billion vaccine doses worldwide by early 2022. To date, COVAX has distributed 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 138 participants. to the program.
“The Covid-19 crisis helps us realize that we live in a highly connected world. It is important that everyone has equal access to health services,” Nguyen said in an interview with Bloomberg on July 1.
“Therefore, I hope that governments, the private sector, the people, come together to support our efforts to solve global health problems. We must use this opportunity to rebuild better, for a stronger health system, for better resilience.” he stressed.
Hong Hanh (To follow Bloomberg / Time)
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