{"id":46723,"date":"2024-01-11T20:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-senator-sania-nishtar-appointed-as-ceo-of-vaccine-alliance-gavi\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T20:45:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:45:05","slug":"pti-senator-sania-nishtar-appointed-as-ceo-of-vaccine-alliance-gavi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-senator-sania-nishtar-appointed-as-ceo-of-vaccine-alliance-gavi\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI Senator Sania Nishtar appointed as CEO of vaccine alliance Gavi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>PTI Senator and former special assistant to the prime minister Dr Sania Nishtar was on Thursday appointed as the chief executive officer of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi, the global vaccine alliance which played a crucial role in the Covid-19 pandemic, said in a press release issued today that Nishtar will assume office from March 18.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1482438\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA trained medical doctor, Dr Nishtar has built an outstanding career over 30 years as a global public health leader. In national government, she served between 2018 and 2022 as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, a role with the status of a federal minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2013, during Pakistan\u2019s caretaker government, she served as a federal minister with responsibility for re-establishing the country\u2019s Ministry of Health among other roles, winning acclaim for transparency and accountability during her time in office,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that her appointment would come at an important time for the organisation with its fifth five-year strategic period drawing to a close at the end of 2025 as Gavi will seek board approval during the current years for its 2026\u20132030 strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlongside future strategy, fundraising will be a priority for Dr Nishtar, with plans already in place for a high-level event to launch Gavi\u2019s investment opportunity, to be co-hosted by France and Africa CDC in June.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It quoted Professor Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, Chair of the Gavi Board, as saying that Dr Nishtar had built a reputation as a \u201ctireless advocate for health equity, an innovative thinker and a proven doer when it comes to solving complex challenges\u201d over three decades of leadership at the national and global levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am impressed by her accomplishments and excited by the possibilities her appointment brings for our alliance and our ambitions to protect future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on her appointment, Nishtar stressed that health began with life-saving vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past 23 years, Gavi has been one of the most impactful organisations in global health. The task ahead is enormous \u2014 from health impacts of climate change, to the need to tackle vaccine inequity, prepare for future outbreaks and boost routine immunisation, which I believe is the gateway to achieving universal health coverage,\u201d the press release quoted her as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honoured by the trust the Gavi board has placed in me and look forward to working with Gavi\u2019s talented staff and skilled alliance partners to ensure Gavi reaches hundreds of millions of children in lower-income countries with life-saving vaccines against deadly and debilitating diseases,\u201d Nishtar added.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi interim-CEO David Marlow said he was looking forward to working closely with Dr Nishtar and the alliance\u2019s partners \u201cas we strive to meet our ambitious goals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus<br \/>\ncongratulated her on the appointment, saying he and his team looked forward to working with her to \u201creach every last child with lifesaving vaccines\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Office felicitated the senator on her appointment and hailed her as a \u201cdistinguished global public health leader\u201d who demonstrated \u201cexceptional contributions to Pakistan throughout her illustrious career\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The PTI also praised its member and congratulated her, saying she \u201cled brilliantly the remarkable Ehsaas programme, especially during the Covid pandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTI Senator and former special assistant to the prime minister Dr Sania Nishtar was on Thursday appointed as the chief executive officer of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. Gavi, the global vaccine alliance which played a crucial role in the Covid-19 pandemic, said in a press release issued today that Nishtar will assume [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/11211013b645de9.jpg?r=211114","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}