GAVI CEO meets Osinbajo Monday

A high-level delegation of the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) is to meet on Monday with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday in efforts to push global advocacy for immunisation financing. GAVI chief executive officer Seth Berkley will over a week also meet the leadership of the National Assembly, state governors, health minister […]

A high-level delegation of the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) is to meet on Monday with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday in efforts to push global advocacy for immunisation financing.

GAVI chief executive officer Seth Berkley will over a week also meet the leadership of the National Assembly, state governors, health minister and the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health Care.

It will be GAVI chief’s second visit since last June, according to a statement issued by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.

The agency’s executive director Faisal Shuaib said a critical challenge of grave concern to the global community was the current huge financial gap for child survival interventions, especially immunization which runs into billions of dollars.

Shuaib is optimistic that the weeklong visit would provide a new window of opportunity to strengthen the Nigeria-GAVI relationship and partnership focusing on child survival interventions particularly immunization financing.

GAVI is the largest global platform, mobilizing global human, financial and logistics support and resources for vaccine-preventable diseases.