Senator Dr Sania Nishtar congratulated on appointment as Gavi CEO

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The Foreign Office on Friday congratulated Senator Dr Sania Nishtar on her appointment as chief executive officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half the world’s children against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. The alliance brings together developing country and donor governments – the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private sector partners.

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance announced today the appointment of Dr Sania Nishtar as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dr Nishtar, currently serving as a Senator in her home country of Pakistan, will assume the role on 18 March 2024.

Dr Sania Nishtar has built an outstanding career over 30 years as a global public health leader. In the government, she served between 2018 and 2022 as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation.

In 2013, during the caretaker government, she served as a Federal Minister with responsibility for re-establishing the country’s Ministry of Health among other roles, winning acclaim for transparency and accountability during her time in office.