GAVI: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading Bill Gates Vaccine Team?

GAVI: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading Bill Gates Vaccine Team?

GAVI: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading Bill Gates Vaccine Team?

 

Ever read one of those articles that doesn’t come to a conclusion…well, here is one.

 

In this article, we say nothing, you are the writer, so whatever you decide or conclude on becomes your script not ours.

 

Notice the title ends with a “question mark.” We’ve basically checked the internet and found no answer, then on second though, who owns the internet – you are free to send us, if you have the answer….



Who owns GAVI?

 

This came in –

 

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is the Board Chairperson of Gavi Vaccine Alliance, The organization founded by Bill Gates in 2000, 20 years ago, to raise funds for the vaccination of poor countries against killer diseases. The World Bank and WHO are partners and our very own Ngozi Okonjo Iweala oversees the project globally.

 

So when you talk about Bill Gates vaccines, remember that it is a 20 year old program and that the person in charge of it is not Bill Gates but Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.

 

So we decided to check before posting this “theory”.

 

We went to https://www.gavi.org, used the search, then found https://www.gavi.org/governance/gavi-board/members/ngozi-okonjo-iweala which displays something about Ngozi Okonji Iweala, who happens to be a board member, no not an ordinary one.



It states –

“A development economist and former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala assumed the role of Gavi Board Chair on 1 January 2016. She brings to the Gavi Board more than 30 years of experience in development and finance, valuable assets as Gavi strives to ensure that its immunisation programmes are financially sustainable. Her commitment to finding private sector solutions to development challenges also aligns with the Gavi mission.

 

Dr Okonjo-Iweala has twice served as Nigeria’s Finance Minister, most recently between 2011 and 2015, and prior to that she was the Minister for Foreign Affairs. She has held several key positions at the World Bank, including that of Managing Director. Dr Okonjo-Iweala also serves on the boards of The Rockefeller Foundation and the Center for Global Development. In addition, she is the chair of African Risk Capacity, a specialised agency of the African Union which exists to help Member States prepare for and respond to extreme weather events and natural disasters.



In 2015, Dr Okonjo-Iweala was named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 greatest world leaders. She has also been recognised as one of the world’s 100 most influential people (Time magazine, 2014) and as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world (Forbes, five consecutive years).

 

Dr Okonjo-Iweala graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard University (USA), and holds a PhD in Regional Economics and Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA). She has received awards and honorary doctorates, from Yale University, Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania, among others.

 

What is GAVI

So what is GAVI all about?

 

GAVI stands for Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (now called GAVI Alliance) is is a global health partnership of public and private sector organizations dedicated to “immunisation for all”.

 

It is a global Vaccine Alliance that brings together public and private sectors with the shared goal of creating equal access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries.



It was founded in January 2000.

 

It was created “to bring together the best of what key UN agencies, governments, the vaccine industry, private sector and civil society had to offer in order to improve childhood immunisation coverage in poor countries and to accelerate access to new vaccine.”

 

By the way, whenever you hear of or see GAVI, you see WHO.

 

GAVI is funded “by governments, corporations, foundations, and private individuals.

 

If you want vaccine from GAVI, you have to apply as a country. As at 2018, the Countries eligible to apply for Gavi new vaccines support were –
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem Republic of
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Haiti
Kenya
Korea, DPR**
Kyrgyz Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Niger
Pakistan
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe (grace year)
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Republic of Sudan
South Sudan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

 

Interestingly, these countries have some serious … going on there.

 

….also still find it strange that Nigeria is not on the list since the government have been feeding many poor people.



Once more, “GAVI brings together[clarification needed] developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization,[4] UNICEF,[5] the World Bank,[6] the vaccine industry in both industrialised and developing countries, research and technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[7] and other private philanthropists.”

 

Finally, “GAVI’s approach to public health has been described as business-oriented and technology-focused, using market-oriented measures, and seeking quantifiable results. This model, termed the “Gates approach” or US-type approach, GAVI is taken to exemplify.[12][8] It contrasts with the approach typified by the Alma Ata Declaration, which focusses on the effects of political, social, and cultural systems on health.[8]”

 

Last two paragraphs were sourced from Wikipedia.

 

Seriously, this article has no direction.

GAVI: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading Bill Gates Vaccine Team?

 

GAVI: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading Bill Gates Vaccine Team?

GAVI: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading Bill Gates Vaccine Team?

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