The GAVI Alliance Board, meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, approved a five-year business plan from 2011-2015 “setting ambitious but achievable targets expected to cost US$6.8 billion” and unanimously elected Former Norwegian Minister of Health and current member of parliament Dagfinn Høybråten as its new Chair. GAVI said that representatives from Norway and Sweden announced new commitments to GAVI totalling US$55 million, the United Kingdom offered to co-host the pledging conference in London next June, and France and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “offered to work with the UK to mobilise support for the conference.” Concluding her last GAVI board meeting as Chair, Mary Robinson said, “GAVI offers donors an unbeatable deal in terms of value for money and an opportunity to invest in saving the lives of millions of children – children who will grow up free of disease, attend school and become healthy productive adults.” Mr Høybråten, who is also leader of Norway’s Christian Democratic Party, has been a member of the GAVI Board since 2006.

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