Practitioner Perspectives: 2019 Network-Wide Meeting Interview Series – São Tomé e Príncipe Interview on Building an Effective Country Core Group (CCG)

During our network-wide meeting, which took place in Tangerang, Indonesia in July 2019, we sat down with a few participants to hear about their experiences related to topics around their Gavi transition experiences. This interview features the following LNCT members:

  • Interviewer: Cristiana Toscano, Professor, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil and LNCT Technical Facilitator
  • Interviewees: Feliciana Sousa Pontes, Director of Health Care, São Tomé
    Carlos Alberto da Costa, Budget Directorate, Ministry of Finance, São Tomé
    Solange Correia Gomes, PAV Coordinator, São Tomé

*You can view the interview transcript in English here.

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