Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Global Neonatal & Children's Health
Immunizations/Delivery
General Pediatrics
Paul Offit, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nobuhiko Okabe, MD PhD
Director General
Kawasaki Institute for Public Health
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroyuki Moriuchi, MD, PhD
Professor and Head
Department of Pediatrics
Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Nagasaki, Japan
In 2019, the WHO has named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 threats to global health. Vaccine
hesitancy is complex and context specific across time, place and vaccines; however, it is a
communicable condition spreading around the world through the internet. This session takes up three
representative problems: MMR vaccine in the Western countries, HPV vaccine in Japan, and dengue
virus vaccine in the Philippines. Understanding why there is a tendency to hesitate those vaccines
may lead to the solutions of problems. Moreover, the session introduces some enlightening activities,
including a joint project of AAP and Japan Pediatric Society.
Presenter: Paul Offit, MD – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Presenter: Hiroyuki Moriuchi, MD, PhD – Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Presenter: Lulu C. Bravo, MD – University of the Philippines Manila
Presenter: Akihiko Saitoh, MD, PhD – Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
Presenter: Patrick Zuber – WHO
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