Dr. Magashi Emerges Secretary Board Of Directors, Global Health Security Agenda Consortium
By Alice Etuka, Abuja
Coordinator of the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), Dr. Aminu Magashi has been elected as Secretary & Member Board Directors of the Global Health Security Agenda Consortium.
The development was contained in a statement issued by Sadiq Malami on behalf of AHBN on Monday.
The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Consortium is a voluntary and open collective of nongovernmental entities dedicated to values of collaboration, excellence, innovation, and commitment to prevent, detect, prepare for, and respond to disease outbreaks and other acute public health risks.
The GHSA Consortium works with partners through the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) to promote implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) Pathway, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, and other health security frameworks and initiatives.
The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) is a group of more than 70 countries, international organizations and non-government organizations, and private sector companies that have come together to achieve the vision of a world safe and secure from global health threats posed by infectious diseases.
Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba and the organisation he is leading, the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) have been championing strengthening accountability for health security in Africa and Nigeria.
AHBN was a co-organizer to the Nigeria’s COVID-19 conference in December 2021 and has empowered civil society groups in 8 African countries on the use of a regional health security accountability framework which improved governance, coordination, accountability and transparency at country level. AHBN is also a member of the Global Health Council and CORE Group and PMNCH, through which they promote learning and accountability.
Dr. Aminu is a member of the Nigeria’s Sector Wide Approach (SWaP) Technical Working Group on Health Security and looks forward to support global south participation in the global architecture of health security as well as promote information sharing, including opportunity for capacity building.
