Institute for Development Studies
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Since 2021, over 120 researchers in the Social Science Research Council’s Mercury Project consortium have been working around the world to identify cost-effective and scalable interventions that build demand for vaccines and information environments supportive of science-based health decision-making.

On October 3 – 4, 2024, the Mercury Project, together with the University of Nairobi’s Institute for Development Studies, welcomed leaders from the public, private, and philanthropic communities to the Mercury Project Solutions Summit. Together, they leveraged new evidence to identify the most promising opportunities to increase vaccine demand and support science-based health decision-making.

Event Recording

At the opening plenary, representatives from the research, policy, and philanthropic communities framed both the challenges and the opportunities for evidence-based strategies that build robust vaccine demand chains and support science-based health decision-making.

Speakers

Abdul El-Sayed, Director

Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services, Wayne County, USA

Anna Harvey (Moderator), President

Social Science Research Council

Paul Kamau, Director

Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi

Heather Lanthorn, Director

Mercury Project, Social Science Research Council

Gladys Mugambi, Director

Health Promotion and Education, Ministry of Health, Kenya

Gerishom Gimaiyo, Director

Health, The Rockefeller Foundation

Deepa Risal Pokharel, Senior Adviser

Social and Behavior Change/Team Lead Immunization Demand, UNICEF

Viknesh Sounderajah, Clinician-scientist

Google & YouTube Health

Funders and Partners