Technical and Policy

The Technical and Policy Team leads the process of new programme development by; ensuring the engagement of all GAVI partners and leveraging their technical expertise; evaluating trade-offs between programmes to make certain that all resources are used wisely; and working with other teams to keep the Boards and other decision making bodies fully informed.

Nina Schwalbe, Deputy Executive Secretary and Director of Policy
Nina Schwalbe serves as the deputy executive secretary of the GAVI Alliance and the director of policy and strategy. Prior to joining GAVI, Nina directed the policy department at the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, a product development partnership focused on the development of medicines for tuberculosis. In this capacity she led the TB Alliances efforts to promote adoption and introduction of new TB drugs, co-chaired the Stop TB Partnership’s task force on retooling and was a member of the Center for Global Development’s working group on demand forecasting. Nina has spent over 20 years in the field international. For seven years she directed the Soros’ Foundations global public health program which focused on a range of critical issues, including strengthening health systems, TB, HIV/AIDS, and development of programs aimed at vulnerable populations. She has worked extensively in the field of maternal/child health, with a focus on introduction of new programs and technologies. She holds degrees from Harvard and Columbia Universities, is member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the faculty of the department of population and family health at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. She currently serves on the program committee for Doctors of the World USA, Treatment Action Groups TB/HIV project, and the Open Society Institute’s Public Health Watch program.