Sania Nishtar

Dr Sania Nishtar is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Gavi is leaping into the future: there is no time to lose

Gavi CEO Dr Sania Nishtar introduces the Gavi Leap, transforming the Vaccine Alliance for the future through simplicity, transparency and synergy.

27 Oct 2025

3 min read

Global health agenda

Malaria vaccine roll-out, Waterloo, Sierra Leone, April 2024. Credit: Gavi/2024/Dominique Fofanah

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Baby receives vaccination. Credit: Project Syndicate

The key to global public health

22 May 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts

Over its 25 years, Gavi has been pivotal in improving global health. Image: REUTERS/Kham

Gavi at 25: Our ambition is greater than ever

22 Jan 2025

5 min read

Global health agenda

A mother holds her child clutching a vaccination card outside in Bangladesh. Credit: Simprints/2023/Ashraful Arefin

The Vaccine Alliance in 2023

2 Oct 2024

4 min read

APR

Doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility landed in Abidjan, February 2021. Credit: Gavi/2021/Olga Khrustaleva/.

How the lessons of COVID-19 ensured a rapid vaccine response to the mpox outbreak

23 Sep 2024

5 min read

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A healthcare worker administers an oral vaccine to a child at a health centre in Lao PDR. Credit: Gavi/2024/Running Reel

Gavi and the UK can turn a new page together

4 Sep 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts

Gavi CEO Dr Sania Nishtar sits with a mother and child during a recent vaccination session in Lao PDR. Credit: Gavi/2024/Running Reel

Regional initiatives provide leadership to drive immunisation forward

19 Aug 2024

4 min read

Routine immunisation

A new era for immunisation dawns

19 Jul 2024

3 min read

Routine immunisation

Hope Clinic is a health center working with the Ministry of Health in Uganda to help administer vaccines and provide nutrition advice. Credit: Gavi/2024/Jjumba Martin

Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More

25 Apr 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Routine immunisation

His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (pictured centre), and Coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare Muhammad Ali Pate (sixth from right) meet the Gavi delegation led by Sania Nishtar (sixt from left). Credit: Government of Nigeria

Gavi CEO Sania Nishtar reflects on her recent visit to Central African Republic and Nigeria

19 Apr 2024

7 min read

Routine immunisation

Sania Nishtar visits an immunisation session in Central African Republic during her first visit to a Gavi implementing country. Credit: Pascal Barollier/Gavi/2024

Sania Nishtar: thoughts and priorities from my first ten days in charge of Gavi

5 Apr 2024

4 min read

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