Aurélia Nguyen is a French-Vietnamese public health official, and the current Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation

She previously was the Managing Director of the

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Facility at

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(formerly Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.). In her role at COVAX, she works on providing

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to lower income countries, and tackling issues such as vaccine diplomacy, exports controls, limited supplies and cold-chain logistics.

Education and career

Nguyen received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from

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, followed by a master's degree in health policy, planning and finance

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and from the

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(LSHTM). She worked for the

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where she conducted research on medical policies. Between 1999 and 2010, she worked at

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and led the development of policies on access to medications and vaccines in the developing world. She joined

in 2011, where she worked find ways to support financially sustainable vaccine programs and markets, and notably worked on strategies to supply

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vaccines and

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vaccines against cervical cancer to developing countries. In October 2020, she was appointed managing director of the Office of the COVAX Facility. In 2021, Nguyen was selected as
Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst
As part of the program, Aurelia attended the annual New Economy Forum held in Singapore, and the Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst Retreat that same year.

References

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