Aurélia Nguyen

Aurélia Nguyen is a French-Vietnamese^[1] public health official, and the current managing Director of the COVAX Facility at Gavi (formerly Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.).^[2][3] In her role at COVAX, she works on providing COVID-19 vaccines to lower income countries, and tackling issues such as vaccine diplomacy, exports controls,^[4] limited supplies^[5] and cold-chain logistics.^[6]

Education and career

Nguyen received an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Imperial College London, followed by a master's degree in health policy, planning and finance London School of Economics and from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She worked for the World Health Organization where she conducted research on medical policies. Between 1999 and 2010, she worked at GlaxoSmithKline^[7] and led the development of policies on access to medications and vaccines in the developing world.

She joined Gavi in 2011, where she worked find ways to support financially sustainable vaccine programs and markets,^[8] and notably worked on strategies to supply Ebola vaccines^[9] and HPV vaccines^[10] against cervical cancer to developing countries. In October 2020, she was appointed managing director of the Office of the COVAX Facility.^[11] In 2021, Nguyen was selected as a 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.^[12]

References

1. The Vietnamese woman “has the health of the world in her hands” – VNExpress
2. Aurélia Nguyen – Gavi
3. Aurélia Nguyen – 2021 TIME100 Next
4. A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Aurélia Nguyen about the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) – European Science-Media Hub
5. Not just right but necessary – akzente
6. Ask an Expert: Why Are There So Many COVID-19 Vaccines — and Is It Better to Have More? – Global Citizen
7. Aurelia Nguyen biography – All American Speakers
8. The Interview - Aurélia Nguyen Geneve Internationale
9. Q&A: Gavi alliance talks immunising 300 million people Pharmaceutical Technologies
10. Working towards affordable pricing for HPV vaccines for developing countries: The role of GAVI – Harvard Global Equity Initiative
11. Aurélia Nguyen – Gavi
12. "The Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst List". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.