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               <div class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/30\/business\/economy\/asia-covid-vaccinations.html?smid=tw-share\">How Asia, once a vaccination laggard, is revving Up inoculation<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW159297525 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159297525 BCX0\">\u201cThe lack of social safety nets in many Asian countries motivated many governments to roll out the vaccines quickly\"- Professor Tikki Pangestu, Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW159297525 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\" ><a target=\"_blank\" 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October  2021<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/india.un.org\/en\/163737-who-endorses-historic-malaria-vaccine-risk-children\">WHO endorses 'historic' malaria vaccine for at-risk children!<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW260789275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW260789275 BCX0\">Along with Africa, Malaria continues to affect vulnerable communities in many Asia Pacific countries- India, parts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Greater Mekong subregion.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW260789275 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\" ><a target=\"_blank\" 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January  2022<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/group-size-curbs-should-be-retained-given-high-transmissibility-omicron-variant-say-experts-1786051\">Group size curbs should be retained given high transmissibility of Omicron variant, say experts<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\" ><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/group-size-curbs-should-be-retained-given-high-transmissibility-omicron-variant-say-experts-1786051\" class=\"fl-button\" role=\"button\">\n                            <span class=\"fl-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n                        <\/a><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"image\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/medical-worker-in-protective-suit-checks-a-patient-s-records-at-jinyintan-hospital-in-wuhan-the-epicentre-of-the-novel-coronavirus-outbreak-4.jpg\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"content-category-date\">\n                                                    <span style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"\/apic\/media-room\/#media-room-2\">Feature<\/a><\/span>\n                                                <span style=\"float: right; padding-right: 30px;\">8 March  2022<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-health-69e8cbaebb653a0f1cb65ffe33d9afbd\">Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\"><p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\">Death rates worldwide are still highest among people unvaccinated against the virus, said Tikki Pang, a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore\u2019s medical school and co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\">\u201cThis is a disease of the unvaccinated \u2014 look what is happening in Hong Kong right now, the health system is being overwhelmed,\u201d said Pang, the former director of research policy and cooperation with the World Health Organization. \u201cThe large majority of the deaths and the severe cases are in the unvaccinated, vulnerable segment of the population.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n   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                  <span style=\"float: right; padding-right: 30px;\">9 March  2022<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/moderna-plots-vaccines-against-15-pathogens-with-future-pandemic-potential-2022-03-08\/\">Moderna plots vaccines against 15 pathogens with future pandemic potential<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\">Moderna Inc\u00a0<a class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/MRNA.O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(MRNA.O)<\/a>\u00a0said on Monday it plans to develop and begin testing vaccines targeting 15 of the world's most worrisome pathogens by 2025 and will permanently wave its COVID-19 vaccine patents for shots intended for certain low- and middle-income countries.<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\" ><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/moderna-plots-vaccines-against-15-pathogens-with-future-pandemic-potential-2022-03-08\/\" class=\"fl-button\" role=\"button\">\n                            <span class=\"fl-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n                        <\/a><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"image\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/yq-medanvaccine-03062021.jpg\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"content-category-date\">\n                                                    <span style=\"float: left;\"><a 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Don\u2019t \u2018demonize\u2019 vaccine hesitancy<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\">Vaccine hesitancy continues to pose challenges in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/focus\/covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0vaccination efforts. But there are ways countries can increase vaccine uptake, according to a coalition that aims to boost vaccine confidence in Asia-Pacific.\r\n\r\nThe Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition, which makes use of evidence-informed research, policy, and advocacy to increase immunization resilience and vaccine confidence in the region,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/what-we-do\/best-practices-for-vaccine-communications-lessons-learned-on-preparedness-and-policy-implications-from-india-indonesia-and-the-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently published a paper<\/a>\u00a0together with MSD and L.E.K Consulting that explored what worked and what was missing in communication strategies to boost COVID-19 vaccinations in the region. The report included interviews with immunology and public health experts from India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\" ><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/how-to-increase-vaccine-uptake-don-t-demonize-vaccine-hesitancy-102722\" class=\"fl-button\" role=\"button\">\n                            <span class=\"fl-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n                        <\/a><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"image\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/APIC-Webinar-2-March-Zoom-Banner-Draft-2A_1-Resized.jpg\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"content-category-date\">\n                                 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                       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/yq-medanvaccine-03062021.jpg\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"content-category-date\">\n                                                    <span style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"\/apic\/media-room\/#media-room-2\">Feature<\/a><\/span>\n                                                <span style=\"float: right; padding-right: 30px;\">19 May  2022<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/opinion\/forum\/forum-consider-selective-use-of-dengvaxia-vaccine-for-seniors\">Professor Tikki Pangestu on ST Forum: Consider selective use of Dengvaxia vaccine for seniors<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\" ><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/opinion\/forum\/forum-consider-selective-use-of-dengvaxia-vaccine-for-seniors\" class=\"fl-button\" role=\"button\">\n                            <span class=\"fl-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n                        <\/a><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"image\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-1.png\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"content-category-date\">\n                                                    <span style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"\/apic\/media-room\/#media-room-2\">Feature<\/a><\/span>\n    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world to coordinate efforts to tackle health crises: Vivian Balakrishnan<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"description\"><!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout -->\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/watch\/important-world-coordinate-efforts-tackle-health-crises-vivian-balakrishnan-4931326\">https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/watch\/important-world-coordinate-efforts-tackle-health-crises-vivian-balakrishnan-4931326<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-18-111928-3-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:fl-builder\/layout --><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\" ><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/watch\/important-world-coordinate-efforts-tackle-health-crises-vivian-balakrishnan-4931326\" class=\"fl-button\" role=\"button\">\n                            <span 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href=\"\/apic\/events\">Events<\/a><\/p>\n                        <a  href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/events\/asia-pacific-immunization-policy-dialogues\/\" class=\"fl-button read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"card\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-image\">\n                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/10\/APIC-flyer.png\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\n                                                                        <p><i class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i> 27 May, 2021 | Conference<\/p>\n                            <div class=\"event_time_location\">\n                            <p><i class=\"fas fa-map-marker-alt\"><\/i> 16:00-19:00 SGT  ,Conference<\/p><\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"card-text\">\n                                                            <p>While the potential of vaccines to help end the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent...<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <p><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"\/apic\/events\">Events<\/a><\/p>\n                        <a  href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/events\/international-conference-on-vaccine-confidence-and-acceptance\/\" class=\"fl-button read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"card\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-image\">\n                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-18-111928-3-e1739849225250.png\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-title\"><h5 class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/watch\/important-world-coordinate-efforts-tackle-health-crises-vivian-balakrishnan-4931326\">Important for world to coordinate efforts to tackle health crises: Vivian Balakrishnan<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n                                                                    <div class=\"card-text\">\n                                                        <p>\r\nhttps:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/watch\/important-world-coordinate-efforts-tackle-health-crises-vivian-balakrishnan-4931326\r\n\r\n<\/p>\n                                                    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target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/blog-media-series\/professor-tikki-pangestu-on-cna-transmission-and-symptoms-of-mpox\/\">Professor Tikki Pangestu on CNA: Transmission and symptoms of Mpox<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n                                                                    <div class=\"card-text\">\n                                                        <p>[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/R8UvjnyVzmM[\/embed]<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <p><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"\/apic\/media-room\/#media-room-0\">Videos<\/a><\/p>\n                        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/blog-media-series\/professor-tikki-pangestu-on-cna-transmission-and-symptoms-of-mpox\/\" class=\"fl-button read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"card\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-image\">\n                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/yq-medanvaccine-03062021.jpg\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-title\"><h5 class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/opinion\/forum\/forum-consider-selective-use-of-dengvaxia-vaccine-for-seniors\">Professor Tikki Pangestu on ST Forum: Consider selective use of Dengvaxia vaccine for seniors<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n                                                                    <div class=\"card-text\">\n                                                        <p><\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <p><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"\/apic\/media-room\/#media-room-2\">Feature<\/a><\/p>\n                        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/opinion\/forum\/forum-consider-selective-use-of-dengvaxia-vaccine-for-seniors\" class=\"fl-button read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"card\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-image\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/JFL2Ks0k_6c\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-title\"><h5 class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JFL2Ks0k_6c\">APIC Webinar | The Covid-19 East-West Divide: Is Asia too cautious?<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n                                                                    <div class=\"card-text\">\n                                                        <p><\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <p><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"\/apic\/media-room\/#media-room-0\">Videos<\/a><\/p>\n                        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JFL2Ks0k_6c\" class=\"fl-button read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slide\">\n                <div class=\"card\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-image\">\n                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/yq-medanvaccine-03062021.jpg\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\n                                            <div class=\"card-title\"><h5 class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/how-to-increase-vaccine-uptake-don-t-demonize-vaccine-hesitancy-102722\">How to increase vaccine uptake? Don\u2019t \u2018demonize\u2019 vaccine hesitancy<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n                                                                    <div class=\"card-text\">\n                                                        <p>Vaccine hesitancy continues to pose challenges in\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0vaccination efforts. But there are ways countries can increase vaccine uptake, according...<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <p><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"\/apic\/media-room\/#media-room-2\">Feature<\/a><\/p>\n                        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/how-to-increase-vaccine-uptake-don-t-demonize-vaccine-hesitancy-102722\" class=\"fl-button read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n            \n        \n\t        <style>\n            #testimonial .slick-dots{\n                bottom: 58px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .image {\n                float: left;\n                width: 40%;\n            }\n            #testimonial .image img {\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n                object-fit: cover;\n                max-height:435px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content {\n                float: left;\n                padding:20px 30px 0 50px;\n                width:58%;\n                color: #6E7680;\n                min-height:500px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content-category-date {\n                padding: 30px 0 70px 0;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more {\n                padding-top: 30px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more a {\n                background: #F58220;\n                color: #fff !important;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more span.fl-button-text {\n                color: #fff !important;\n                cursor: pointer !important;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more a:hover{\n                background: #002E85 !important;\n                color: #fff !important;\n                cursor: pointer !important;\n            }\n\n            #testimonial .content .description {\n                padding-top: 10px;\n                padding-bottom: 10px;\n                font-size: 17px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .title {\n                font-size: 25px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content-category-date a {\n                text-decoration: underline;\n            }\n            .title a {\n                color: #5279A7;\n            }\n            .quote-content {\n                float: right; 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It takes a global approach to ensure vaccine equity across all nations, only then we can overcome this health crisis and build preparedness to face bigger pandemics.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"quote-content\"><strong>Professor Chong Yap Seng<\/strong><br>\n                            Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/img1.png\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/quote-testimonial\/dr-john-appleseed-1\/\">Dr Heidi Larson<\/a><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"description\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW150986300 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150986300 BCX0\">\u201cTo complement strengthening health systems, it is vital that we in the health community respect people\u2019s views and engage with them. Our work is grounded in gaining an understanding of those who are skeptical and doubtful about vaccines. We are looking to understand the role of human emotions at the root of this doubt and dissent, to better understand communities and their fears, and how to build mutual trust.\u00a0 We have an opportunity to engage and build trust at this moment in the pandemic \u2013 if we get it wrong with vaccine confidence now, we will live with the impact for a long time. If we get it right, we can emerge from this crisis better prepared for a new future.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"quote-content\"><strong>Dr Heidi Larson<\/strong><br>\n                             Co-chair, Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition   <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/img2.png\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/quote-testimonial\/professor-tikki-pangestu\/\">Professor Tikki Pangestu<\/a><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"description\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166673163 BCX0\">\u201cThe Asia-Pacific region will face continuing challenges in the future to enshrine vaccination as the core public health strategy in preparing and responding to future outbreaks of infectious diseases. The Coalition is committed to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166673163 BCX0\">\u00a0ensuring that healthcare systems are up to meeting these challenges in delivering vaccines equitably, and that the people in the Asa-Pacific region truly believe that vaccines are safe, effective and a key foundation of healthy societies and nation building\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"quote-content\"><strong>Professor Tikki Pangestu<\/strong><br>\n                            Co-chair, Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition   <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n        \n        \n\t        <style>\n            #testimonial .slick-dots{\n                bottom: 58px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .image {\n                float: left;\n                width: 40%;\n            }\n            #testimonial .image img {\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n                object-fit: cover;\n                max-height:435px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content {\n                float: left;\n                padding:20px 30px 0 50px;\n                width:58%;\n                color: #6E7680;\n                min-height:500px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content-category-date {\n                padding: 30px 0 70px 0;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more {\n                padding-top: 30px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more a {\n                background: #F58220;\n                color: #fff !important;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more span.fl-button-text {\n                color: #fff !important;\n                cursor: pointer !important;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more a:hover{\n                background: #002E85 !important;\n                color: #fff !important;\n                cursor: pointer !important;\n            }\n\n            #testimonial .content .description {\n                padding-top: 10px;\n                padding-bottom: 10px;\n                font-size: 17px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .title {\n                font-size: 25px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content-category-date a {\n                text-decoration: underline;\n            }\n            .title a {\n                color: #5279A7;\n            }\n            .quote-content {\n                float: right; 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It takes a global approach to ensure vaccine equity across all nations, only then we can overcome this health crisis and build preparedness to face bigger pandemics.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"quote-content\"><strong>Professor Chong Yap Seng<\/strong><br>\n                            Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/img1.png\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/quote-testimonial\/dr-john-appleseed-1\/\">Dr Heidi Larson<\/a><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"description\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW150986300 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150986300 BCX0\">\u201cTo complement strengthening health systems, it is vital that we in the health community respect people\u2019s views and engage with them. Our work is grounded in gaining an understanding of those who are skeptical and doubtful about vaccines. We are looking to understand the role of human emotions at the root of this doubt and dissent, to better understand communities and their fears, and how to build mutual trust.\u00a0 We have an opportunity to engage and build trust at this moment in the pandemic \u2013 if we get it wrong with vaccine confidence now, we will live with the impact for a long time. If we get it right, we can emerge from this crisis better prepared for a new future.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"quote-content\"><strong>Dr Heidi Larson<\/strong><br>\n                             Co-chair, Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition   <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/img2.png\" alt=\"Home page\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/apic\/quote-testimonial\/professor-tikki-pangestu\/\">Professor Tikki Pangestu<\/a><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"description\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166673163 BCX0\">\u201cThe Asia-Pacific region will face continuing challenges in the future to enshrine vaccination as the core public health strategy in preparing and responding to future outbreaks of infectious diseases. The Coalition is committed to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166673163 BCX0\">\u00a0ensuring that healthcare systems are up to meeting these challenges in delivering vaccines equitably, and that the people in the Asa-Pacific region truly believe that vaccines are safe, effective and a key foundation of healthy societies and nation building\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"quote-content\"><strong>Professor Tikki Pangestu<\/strong><br>\n                            Co-chair, Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition   <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n        \n        \n\t        <style>\n            #testimonial .slick-dots{\n                bottom: 58px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .image {\n                float: left;\n                width: 40%;\n            }\n            #testimonial .image img {\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n                object-fit: cover;\n                max-height:435px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content {\n                float: left;\n                padding:20px 30px 0 50px;\n                width:58%;\n                color: #6E7680;\n                min-height:500px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content-category-date {\n                padding: 30px 0 70px 0;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more {\n                padding-top: 30px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more a {\n                background: #F58220;\n                color: #fff !important;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more span.fl-button-text {\n                color: #fff !important;\n                cursor: pointer !important;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .read-more a:hover{\n                background: #002E85 !important;\n                color: #fff !important;\n                cursor: pointer !important;\n            }\n\n            #testimonial .content .description {\n                padding-top: 10px;\n                padding-bottom: 10px;\n                font-size: 17px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content .title {\n                font-size: 25px;\n            }\n            #testimonial .content-category-date a {\n                text-decoration: underline;\n            }\n            .title a {\n                color: #5279A7;\n            }\n            .quote-content {\n                float: right; 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