<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear INGO colleagues,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please join me in congratulating Mr. Gary West, Country Director at FHI 360 in Vietnam, on his appointment as a new INGO representative to the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Gary has served as the Country Director for Family Health International 360 in Vietnam since late 2012. He has more than 40 years' experience in public health program management and research, with many years' experience in Asia and Africa. He has designed and managed many public health programs including HIV/AIDS, cholera, vaccine preventable diseases and other issues. In Asia, Gary worked in Bangladesh, India, Laos, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. He first came to Vietnam in 1997 to develop plans for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to consult the Vietnam Ministry of Health, for which he was awarded the Medal for the People�s Health. More recently Gary supervised programs and research in Vietnam from the position of FHI 360 Senior Vice President. Since 1998 FHI 360 has been one of the leading INGOs, supporting HIV/AIDS work, Maternal Child Health, family planning and other public health issues in Vietnam.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Following our recent call for nominations only one candidacy has been confirmed, therefore the Steering Committee of the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre approved this appointment without elections.</div><div>
<br></div><div>On behalf of my team, I wish Gary a successful tenure in this role.</div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marko</div></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div>Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director<br>
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre<br>La Thanh Hotel, 218� Doi Can<br>Hanoi, Vietnam<br>Mobile: +84 904 191 871<br>Phone: +84 4 3832 8570<br>Email: <a href="mailto:director@ngocentre.org.vn">director@ngocentre.org.vn</a><br>Web: <a href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn</a></div>
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