Gates FoundationĀ LeadershipĀ Council are comprised of:
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO;
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health;
Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director for UNICEF;
Ms. Joy Phumaphi, Chair of the International Advisory Committee and Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria Alliance
Dr. Tachi Yamada, President of Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;
Global Health Leaders Launch Decade of Vaccines Collaboration | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The collaboration follows the January 2010 call by Bill and Melinda Gates for the next ten years to be the Decade of Vaccines.Ā Ā The Global Vaccine Action Plan will enable greater coordination across all stakeholder groups ā national governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, the private sector and philanthropic organizations — and will identify critical policy, resource, and other gaps that must be addressed to realize the life-saving potential of vaccines.
The structure of the Decade of Vaccines Collaboration includes a Leadership Council to provide oversight for the planning effort, a Steering Committee that holds the primary responsibility for developing the action plan, an International Advisory Committee to assist the Leadership Council in evaluating the action plan, and a Secretariat for administrative support.
Prof. Pedro Alonso, Director for the Institute for Global Health of Barcelona and Dr. Christopher Elias, President and CEO of PATH, have been appointed co-chairs of the Steering Committee and the Secretariat.
āVaccines are miracles,ā said Prof. Alonso, āFor just a few dollars per child, vaccines prevent disease and disability for a lifetime. We must make sure that people understand that vaccines are one of the best investments in health.ā
The Leadership Council is comprised of:
- Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO;
- Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health;
- Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director for UNICEF;
- Ms. Joy Phumaphi, Chair of the International Advisory Committee and Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria Alliance
- Dr. Tachi Yamada, President of Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;