Statement by the Pandemic Fund Governing Board* on the Role of the Pandemic Fund in the Context of the Pandemic Agreement — April 5, 2024

* Publicación de los copresidentes y los miembros con derecho a voto de la Junta Directiva del Fondo para Pandemias.
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*Publié par les coprésidents et les membres votants du Conseil de direction du Fonds de lutte contre les pandémies
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Nicola Stellino joined the Pandemic Fund Secretariat in May 2023 as a consultant, responsible for supporting the 1st Call for Proposals and, as of March 2024, he covers the position of Junior Professional Associate. His current duties are to provide support and expertise to the Health Technical and Monitoring and Evaluation workstream of the Secretariat.
In previous roles, Nicola worked at the Dutch Economic Research Center in the Competition Secretariat, where he studied new and innovative models to make economic and political predictions.
*Issued by the Pandemic Fund Governing Board’s Co-Chairs and Voting Members
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Samuel Mills, MD DrPH, joined the Health Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group (WBG) in 2004. He is a Physician and Epidemiologist with over 25 years of broad range of global expertise in health systems strengthening. He is a Global Expert on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) and led the development of the 21st-century CRVS e-Learning course, which is delivered as part of the WBG Open Learning Campus and has been taken by over 7,000 people from about 160 countries.
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Dr Aalisha Sahukhan is a medical doctor specialising in public health and infectious disease epidemiology. Dr Sahukhan is the founding Head of Health Protection at the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services, where she leads the Fiji Centre for Disease Control (Fiji CDC), the Environmental Health Unit, and the Health Emergencies and Climate Change department.
Ms Outi Kuivasniemi is Deputy Director for International Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland. During her 25 year career at the Ministry, Ms Kuivasniemi’s focus has been on global and EU health and social policies and she is a senior expert in health security, global health governance and financing. Ms Kuivasniemi has accrued wide understanding of issues around global health and multilateral collaboration.
PRESS RELEASE NO: 2024/039/HD
*Originally published: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/12/22/the-pandemic-fund-announces-second-round-of-funding-with-half-a-billion-dollar-envelope
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