The Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization has pledged it would continue to support Nigeria on routine immunisation to provide vaccines for preventable disease and primary health.
In talks with the top management of National Primary Heathcare Development Agency today in Abuja, the managing director for country programmes of Gavi in Geneva, Hind Othman, acknowledged a pool of experts and great strengths available in the Agency and gave assurance of Gavi’s continued collaboration to make the agency stronger, credible and accountable.
Also speaking, Director, Gavi’s Country support, Pascal Bijleveld said Gavi was putting behind the difficulty of immediate past to refocus, working together with the agency for brighter future.
In his contribution, Dr. Karan Singh Sagar, Gavi’s Senior Country Manager attributed Gavi’s renewed confidence in continued working relationship with the agency to the clear demonstration of transparency, accountability and good governance being provided by the new Executive Director of the agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib.
In a short presentation to the Gavi team, Shuaib highlighted a four –point agenda to restore stakeholders’ confidence in the agency and to change the Primary health care landscape in Nigeria by strengthening governance and accountability, closing out on polio. stregnthening routine immunisation supply chain and revitalization primary health care.
