GAVI's Board has five seats representing the developing country government's constituency
The developing country governments constituency is currently represented by Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Guillermo González González (Representative) and Nila Heredia Miranda (Alternate) represent these GAVI-eligible countries:
Armenia Azerbaijan Bolivia Cuba Georgia | Guyana Haiti Honduras Kyrgyz Republic Moldova | Nicaragua Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan |
Christine D.J. Ondoa and (Alternate - Seat currently vacant) represent these GAVI-eligible countries:
Eritrea Ethiopia The Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho | Liberia Malawi Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone | Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe |
(Representative - TBD) and Fatchou Gakaitangou (Alternate) represent these GAVI-eligible countries:
Angola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire | Democratic Republic of the Congo Guinea Guinea-Bissau Madagascar Mali Mauritania Niger São Tomé e Príncipe Senegal Togo |
Suraya Dalil (Representative) and Salah Banoita Tourab (Alternate) represent these GAVI-eligible countries:
Afghanistan Djibouti Pakistan | Somalia Sudan Yemen |
A.F.M. Ruhal Haque (Representative) and (Alternate - Seat currently vacant) represent these GAVI-eligible countries:
Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia India Indonesia Kiribati | Korea DPR Lao PDR Mongolia Myanmar Nepal | Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Timor Leste Vietnam |
Nominations process There is a Secretariat-facilitated process in place, where the Secretariat: - reviews the current terms of reference with the sitting developing country government Board members; - issues a call for nominations (for board members and alternates) directly to ministers of health of GAVI-eligible countries in the applicable region with copies to regional offices of WHO and UNICEF, urging female applicants to apply; - distributes candidate expressions of interest to the sitting developing country government board members; - arranges for sitting government developing countries' Board members to meet by telephone to consider the candidates, including alternates; and - submits the nominee Board members and alternates to the Governance Committee, for review and recommendation to be appointed by the Board at its next meeting. |
