Virtual Global Forum on TB Vaccines Opening Session

View the Opening Session for the Virtual Global Forum on TB Vaccines, held from 20 - 22 April 2021. This session welcomed participants you to the Virtual Global Forum, with a keynote presentation and opening remarks to provide perspectives on advancing TB vaccine R&D in the time of COVID-19, and to lay the foundation for the presentations and discussions in the days ahead. Session Date 20 April 2021 Welcome Remarks Nick Drager, TBVI (Netherlands) - 0:00 Mark Feinberg, IAVI (USA) - 2:10 Lucica Ditiu, Stop TB Partnership (Switzerland) 04:30 Keynote Address Honorable Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India; Chairman Stop TB Partnership Board (India) 08:23 Keynote Presentation Helen Rees, Wits RHI, Wits University (South Africa) 19:50 Opening Remarks Emilio A. Emini, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (USA) - 41:43 Emily Erbelding, NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (USA) 51:09 Michael Makanga, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (Netherlands) 55:55