Prepare vaccines before outbreaks: Gavi CEO Berkley

Prepare vaccines before outbreaks: Gavi CEO Berkley

TOKYO, Japan - Seth Berkley, chief executive officer of Geneva-based vaccine alliance Gavi, stresses the importance of developing vaccines before outbreaks of infectious diseases during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo in October 2014. Berkley suggested that the current Ebola outbreak could have been handled better with proper preparation.

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