Vaibhav Gupta

Vaibhav Gupta is a global health and international development expert with fifteen years of experience. He has worked with the government of India, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among others. Vaibhav has a master's in public policy from Georgetown University and a bachelor's in economics from the University of Cambridge. 

 

 

 

Benjamin Makele, logistician responsible for the cold chain with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), prepares to plug a vaccine temperature log into his computer in Boso-Manzi in Mongala province in the Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2020.
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Why Investing in Cold Chain Technologies Will Improve Health Outcomes

by Vaibhav Gupta

Failure to maintain an unbroken cold chain is among the top reasons vaccines are discarded.

A health-care worker waits to test residents during a medical campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a slum area in Mumbai, India, June 30, 2020. The photo shows a worker wearing personal protective equipment standing awkwardly among residents, most of whom aren't even wearing a mask. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
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South Asia Needs a New Playbook (Now) to Stop the Coronavirus Catastrophe

by Vaibhav Gupta

COVID-19 offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to correct years of health security neglect and chronic under-investment

A man offers funeral prayers for a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2020. The photo shows a man dressed entirely in protective gear with his head bowed in font of an ambulance and before what appears to be a corpse wrapped in white sheets. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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Rethinking the Future of Global Health

by Vaibhav Gupta

There can be no better time to reimagine our health security based on global cooperation, equity, trust, and solidarity