"I am truly humbled to receive this recognition for the humanitarian work that we have been doing at Serum Institute [of India (SII)] for the last five decades,” said industrialist-philanthropist Dr Cyrus Poonawalla on being presented with the first Vaccine Hero award by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance on December 11, 2018 at Abu Dhabi. The founder-chairman of SII stated that the "recognition... gives me and my team the strength to commit (to) and continue the humanitarian work... making available immunobiologicals and vaccines at the most affordable prices to support the great efforts made by Gavi and other UN (United Nations)......