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July 2004

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

Board Membership

Following is the full list of 11 rotating members of the GAVI Board, showing the constituencies, respective terms of office, and the individual representing the institution. Dr Lee Jong-wook, Director-General of WHO is chair.

Constituency	Member Term of Office*	Represented by
Developing country government	Mongolia Jan '03 - Dec '04	Dr P. Nymadawa, Minister of Health
	Mozambique Jan '03 - Dec '04	Dr Francisco F. Songane, Minister of Health
	Bangladesh Jan '04 - Dec '06	Dr Khandaker Mossarraf Hossain, Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Industrialized country government	Canada Jan '03 - Dec '04	The Honorable Aileen Carroll, Minister for International Cooperation
	France Jul '03 - Jun '06	Dr Renaud Muselier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
	Sweden Jan '04 - Dec '06	Ms Annika Bjurner Söder, State Secretary
Technical health institute	Health Canada Jan '04 - Dec '06	Dr Arlene King, Director, Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division
Industrialized country vaccine industry	Chiron Vaccines Jan '04 - Dec '06	Mr John Lambert, President
Developing country vaccine industry	Serum Institute of India Jan '03 - Dec '04	Dr Suresh Sakharam Jadhav, Director-General
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)	Currently Vacant	Now seeking nominations
Research institute	University of Gothenburg, Sweden Jul '03 - Jun '06	Prof. Jan Roland Holmgren, Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

*At its July 2003 meeting the Board approved the extension of rotating Board member terms from two to three years, in order to allow rotating members to fully build their constituencies and contribute to the GAVI Board. All rotating members whose terms started later than June 2003 will serve for three years.

Following is the list of the 5 renewable members of the GAVI Board:

Agency	Represented by
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Dr Richard Klausner, Executive Director of Global Health
UNICEF	Ms Carol Bellamy, Executive Director Dr Pascal Villeneuve, Chief, Health Section
The World Bank Group	Mr James Wolfensohn, President [ex officio member] Dr Jean-Louis Sarbib, Senior Vice President, Human Development
WHO	Dr Lee Jong-wook, Director-General [Chair] Dr Joy Phumaphi, Assistant Director-General for Family and Community Health (FCH)
The Vaccine Fund	Mr Jacques-François Martin, President


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