Main advisory body to the board on all GAVI programme areas with members from high-level technical experts from partner organisations and constituencies
The Programme & Policy Committee serves as the principal advisory body to the Board on all GAVI programme areas and leads the development of new policies.
The Committee is staffed by high-level technical experts from partner organisations and constituencies, with knowledge in areas such as epidemiology, public health, research, health systems and financing.
The Programme & Policy Committee (PPC) assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities in respect to the programmatic and policy oversight of the GAVI Alliance. For more information, see article 4 of the By-Laws and the Programme and Policy Committee Charter.
Programme & Policy Committee membership
Governments - Industrialised | Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali (Chair)
| Board member |
Governments - Developing | Ahmad Jan Naeem | Committee delegate |
Governments - Developing | Salif Samake | Committee delegate |
Countries - Industrialised | Lene Lothe | Committee delegate |
World Bank
| Robert Oelrichs | Committee delegate |
Governments - Industrialised | Susan McKinney
| Committee delegate |
Vaccine Industry- Industrialised | Klaus Stohr | Committee delegate |
Vaccine Industry - Developing | Suresh Jadhav | Board alternate |
Research & Technical Health Institute | Zulfiqar A. Bhutta | Board member |
Civil Society Organisations | Clarisse Loe Loumou | Committee delegate |
UNICEF | Jos Vandelaer | Committee delegate |
WHO | Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele | Board alternate |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Steve Landry | Board alternate |
Non-voting | Helen Rees | Independent advisor |
GAVI CEO (non-voting) | Seth Berkley (non-voting) | Board member |
