Minister Harsh Vardhan nominated to GAVI Board

The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan was recently nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, GAVI as a member of GAVI board.
The term of the minister as a member in the GAVI board will be between 2021 and 2023.
Dr Harsh Vardhan was elected as the chair of the World Health Organization.

GAVI Board

The GAVI Board is responsible for policy making, providing strategic directions, overseeing the operation of the alliance and monitoring programme implementation.

GAVI

GAVI is Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation It works to achieve the objective of “Immunisation for All”.
The alliance aims to save lives, protect the world against the threat of pandemics and reduce poverty.
It has so far helped vaccinate more than 822 million children in the poorest countries and prevented 14 million future deaths.
It works in partnership with WHO on COVAX.
COVAX is an alliance that aims to provide equal access to COVID-19 vaccines to all developing countries.

India and GAVI

GAVI plays a major role in the Immunization drives of India such as Rotavirus vaccine, Measles-Rubella vaccine, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV), Tetanus and Adult diphtheria vaccine, inactivated polio vaccine.
However, GAVI has recently announced that it is to withdraw its financial support to India.
This is because the threshold of Gross National Income per capita of a country to receive financial aid from GAVI should be less than 1,500 USD.
The Gross National Income per capita of India was 2,130 USD in 2019.

Source: PIB

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