HANOVER — Dartmouth College is scheduled to host a first annual international vaccine conference next month. 

The conference on Dec. 6 is to focus on vaccines for COVID-19, tuberculosis, respiratory syncytial virus, HIV, polio and herpes.

Organized by the Dartmouth International Vaccine Initiative, the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Geisel School of Medicine, the event also will include discussion of the role of academic vaccine institutes, as well as issues in vaccine acceptance and access.

More information about the event, which is to take place at the Hanover Inn from 7:45 a.m. to 5:10 p.m., and registration ($75) is online at: sites.dartmouth.edu/divi/. The conference is open to the public and the registration fee is waived for Dartmouth students.