Darla Silva, chief program officer at UNICEF USA, will talk with Ade Adepitan, a Paralympian, television presenter, and Team End Polio member about his experiences with polio.

During this year’s World Immunization Week, the MENA Coalition for HPV Elimination is hosting a webinar to drive action while addressing the disparities in HPV vaccination across the region. Bringing together experts from various backgrounds including academia and civil society, this virtual gathering will provide a platform to discuss ways to expand HPV immunization in the region with a particular focus on countries that did not include the HPV vaccine in their NIPs such as Turkey and Iraq.

Jessica Malaty Rivera, an infectious disease epidemiologist and award-winning science communicator, will lead a conversation with Dr. Stella Anyangwe, an End Polio Now coordinator and former World Health Organization representative, and Dr. Peter J. Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine.