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By Emmanuel Elebeke

The World Health Organization has applauded the recent appointment of former minister of Finance and coordinating minister of Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Chair-elect of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is a renowned development economist and former Nigerian Finance Minister.

She is expected to bring more than 33 years of her development and financial expertise to the Gavi Board at a critical period for immunization in developing countries.
Earlier this year, WHO warned that vaccines are not being delivered equitably or reliably and that only one out of the six key vaccination targets for 2015 is currently on track, the introduction of under-utilized vaccines, a target to which Gavi has contributed significantly.

In taking up the position of Board Chair, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will succeed Dagfinn Høybråten, a former Norwegian Minister of Health and current Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers.

She will also work closely with Dr. Flavia Bustreo, WHO Assistant Director-General for Family, Women’s and Children’s Health, who is Vice Chair of Gavi.

Since 2000, Gavi has supported the immunization of more than half a billion additional children, leading to seven million future deaths being averted.

WHO is one of the founding members of Gavi, a public-private partnership formed in 2000, to address global inequities in access to and coverage of available lifesaving vaccines.

Over the next 5 years, WHO will continue to lead collective efforts to achieve and sustain universal vaccination coverage as outlined in the Decade of Vaccines Global Vaccine Action Plan.

Similarly, the Global Fund has congratulated Gavi and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her appointment as Board Chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

The Global Fund said it is expecting Dr. Okonjo-Iweala to bring her experience in fiscal management to her new post with Gavi, including experience as managing director of the World Bank from 2007 to 2011.

As a key partner, the Global Fund looks forward to a productive working relationship with Dr. Okonjo-Iweala.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala brings deep experience and insight in global health issues to her new role at Gavi. The Global Fund anticipates close collaboration, particularly in our joint work around systems for health, women’s and girls’ health.

The Global Fund also recognizes the important global health contribution of Dagfinn Høybråten, Gavi’s outgoing chair and former Norwegian health minister. During Mr. Høybråten’s tenure, Gavi made strong progress towards its five-year target of immunizing nearly a quarter of a billion children between 2011 and 2015.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/who-global-fund-applaud-okonjo-iwealas-appointment/

Ok

While haters from the SW are busy hating.

The way this woman is going, there is a chance she may head the UN one day.

Meanwhile YAMS are in their cave in osohogbo hating

Utapiapia abi rataki sellers are about to experience huge turnaround in there business,because any moment from now some people will patronise their goods after reading and hearing about this news.

Lalasticlala

Ok

Good for her

nice one still making us proud anyway... but bring back our money ooo

Let this news cure oshiomole of his oral dysentry.

woman of vigour

She's an Amazon!

Always making Nigeria proud.


GEJ, you got nice cabinet.

This is the woman who some people have decided to hate and continually give themselves sleepless nights over.
The fact is, a person of worth will always be recognized no matter how much people hate him/her.

Great..
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[size=14pt]Tinubu is learning that his little Media House can't tell the Globe how to think.



Tinubu is still a beginner.[/size]

And what's the big deal about it?,



Okonjo Iweala formulated policies and gave advice that favoured American and other western companies ,



So she is just getting her reward now,

This days I kind of love the Chinese,



The achieved all that without waiting for endorsement from America and Europe

We might have rejected one of our own but the world at large will never underestimate the economic wit of this woman.
Sahara reporters might have called you all sort of names including "Okonjonomics" but I give you kudos for managing our economy crisis well when we tot that the naira was going to tear apart. Either in the right hand or in the wrong hand, an Ak47 rifle remains a weapon of mass destruction. You are not the problem, you only got into the wrong hands. Congratulations, madam.

... Meanwhile, some pained and 'sophisticated' mofos are hating on her. This is the kind of person B00HARI need to run the affairs of this country's economy.

Congratulations ma'am.

#BringbackNOI

gboss4sure:
While haters from the SW are busy hating.

Really? And how do you know that, you're busy watching them?

CSTR2:
The way this woman is going, there is a chance she may head the UN one day.

The UN is nothing but a spineless, fangless plaything every POTUS gets to throw around.

Good and bad news.

Good news to lovers of truth.
And very bad news to hypocritical hypocrites.

Putting ethnic hatred aside, this woman's skills are still highly required in today's Nigeria, but i doubt if bigotry will allow them.

great, , congrat. and the wailers! !

Some haters will still find fault even if Buhari applauds Gej economic team

Anyway carry go NOI nothing do you. Adesina, Otteh, Aganga e.t.c more grease to una elbows.

Many won't comment.
It's WHO people, not Oshiomole APC spokesman.

Steal 1 maggi nd rot in jail, steal 20billion nd u wil be a hero. . . .AFTA GOD, FEAR MAN!!!!!