News In this issue News IPV Introduced to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Afghanistan Integrated VPD Surveillance Review in Lao People's DR Supplementary Immunization Ac- tivities for Measles and Rubella Vaccine in Vanuatu Recommendations on malaria vaccine use and the global removal of type two oral polio vaccine agreed for April 2106 St. Lucia Launches a Vaccination Coverage Survey for the MMR2 Vaccine, October 2015 The AMP officially launches the LOGIVAC+ project Chile Launches a National Vaccina- tion Campaign Against Measles and Rubella Gavi Country portal Gavi’s CCE optimization platform Vaccinations made friendly Global polio vaccine switch con- firmed for April 2106 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 Past meetings / workshops Implementing HPV vaccination in Africa: opportunities for strength- ening adolescent health Improving Routine Immunization Coverage in Rajasthan: Brain- storming Workshop Polio outbreak simulation exercise Workshop on Polio Outbreak SOPs for Francophone countries Polio Eradication Stakeholders’ Symposium Training Workshop on the imple- mentation of wVSSM in Jamaica National Review Workshop on Full Immunization Progr. Sustaina- bility & Resource Mobilization 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 Resources 14 Calendar 15- 16 Links 17 Global Immunization News (GIN) October 2015 SUBSCRIBE NOW Send an email to [email protected]with the following text in the body of the email: subscribe GLOBALIMMUNIZATIONNEWS VIEW PREVIOUS EDITIONS For previous editions of the GIN, visit the GIN archive on the WHO website: www.who.int/immunization/gin You can click on the article you are interested in and access it directly! Vaccine introductions: a strategy to reduce child mortality in Afghanistan Fazil Ahmad, Raveesha R Mugali and Sherin Varkey, UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office; Ab- dul Waciqi Shakoor, WHO Afghanistan Country Office; Agagul Dost National EPI adviser; Sardar Parwiz, Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan; Andreas Hasman, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia On 30 September 2015, Afghanistan introduced inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into routine immunization. For countries that are using only oral polio vaccines (OPV), the introduction of at least one dose of IPV into routine immunization schedules before the end of 2015 is part of the final phase of polio eradication, outlined in the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018. In Afghanistan, IPV is only the latest in a series of vaccine introductions in recent years. Afghanistan has intro- duced five vaccines in the last 10 years and is planning to introduce three additional vaccines in the near future. In 2006, the tetravalent vaccine containing a new antigen for hepatitis B became the first expansion for the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) schedule. In 2009, this was followed by the introduction of pentavalent vaccine, then in 2013, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose were intro- duced. The introduction of new and underutilized vaccines is now an important strategic tool to im- prove coverage of all antigens in routine immunization, and to reduce the sizable burden of vaccine preventable diseases in the country. Mortality in children under five years of age stands at 97 per 1000 live births in Afghanistan – compared to 58 in Bangladesh and 10 in Sri Lanka. A recent analysis by UNICEF using the LiST tool shows that 35% of deaths among children under five can be averted through lifesaving vaccination between 2015 and 2020. The Government of Afghanistan recognizes that reducing mortality requires the introduction of new vaccines – and that coverage with all childhood vaccines must be improved. There is now a commitment to include the rotavirus vaccine in the routine schedule in 2017, and to add the rubella vaccine to the existing vaccine against measles. Afghanistan is placing new vaccine introductions at the centre of national strategies to signifi- cantly reduce preventable child mortality. In close collaboration with key partners UNICEF, WHO and Gavi, that vision is now being realized. H.E Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister of Public Health ad- ministers the first dose of inactivated polio vaccine in Afghanistan
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News In this issue
News
IPV Introduced to Accelerate Polio
Eradication in Afghanistan
Integrated VPD Surveillance
Review in Lao People's DR
Supplementary Immunization Ac-tivities for Measles and Rubella
Vaccine in Vanuatu
Recommendations on malaria vaccine use and the global removal
of type two oral polio vaccine agreed for April 2106
St. Lucia Launches a Vaccination Coverage Survey for the MMR2
Vaccine, October 2015
The AMP officially launches the
LOGIVAC+ project
Chile Launches a National Vaccina-tion Campaign Against Measles and Rubella
Gavi Country portal
Gavi’s CCE optimization platform
Vaccinations made friendly
Global polio vaccine switch con-firmed for April 2106
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Past meetings / workshops
Implementing HPV vaccination in
Africa: opportunities for strength-ening adolescent health
Improving Routine Immunization Coverage in Rajasthan: Brain-storming Workshop
Polio outbreak simulation exercise
Workshop on Polio Outbreak SOPs for Francophone countries
Polio Eradication Stakeholders’
Symposium
Training Workshop on the imple-
mentation of wVSSM in Jamaica
National Review Workshop on Full Immunization Progr. Sustaina-bility & Resource Mobilization
Supplementary Immunization Activities for Measles and Rubella Vaccine in Vanuatu Ridwan Gustiana, UNICEF Immunization Officer and Achyut Shrestha, WHO Country office Vanuatu
The Ministry of Health (MoH) Vanuatu in partnership with
UNICEF and WHO are conducting Supplementary Immunization
Activities (SIA) for Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccines in response
to a measles outbreak in early 2015.
The SIA will also introduce the Rubella Vaccine into the routine
immunization schedule along with the Measles Containing Vaccine
(MCV). Targeting almost 100,000 children nationwide from one to
15 years old, this is the largest cohort of children ever to be vac-
cinated in SIAs in Vanuatu. During the campaign, children aged
one to five years also received Vitamin A, Deworming tablets and
Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV).
Vanuatu is divided into six provinces and more than 80 islands. As
a result, the campaign will be conducted in two phases; the South-
ern Provinces of Malampa, Shefa and Tafea implemented the SIAs in September 2015 and the Northern Provinces of
Penama, Sanma and Torba will continue in October 2015.
Despite the aftereffects of Tropical Cyclone Pam that occurred in
March 2015, Vanuatu proceeded with the planning and the implemen-
tation of this massive nationwide campaign. Prior to the implementa-
tion, immunization training and microplanning workshops were held
to ensure high coverage was achieved through detailed planning, ef-
fective social mobilization, efficient resource utilization as well as ap-
propriate cold chain management.
Social mobilization activities were conducted before and during the
implementation of the campaign. A national advocacy meeting was
held in July 2015 and was attended by multiple stakeholders from the
government, civil society organizations, religious leaders, Non-
Governmental Organizations and the private sector including airlines,
mobile phone companies and media. This ensured effective collabora-
tion and coordination to achieve a successful campaign.
Mobile phone messaging is used to reach mobile phone users across the country. Radio spots are aired daily to reach
communities in rural areas, while urban populations are reached through television panel discussions and regular
newspaper articles. A large majority of people are also targeted through direct community and school awareness
programmes. In urban areas, the MoH is successfully using sports for development programmes to mobilize school
children during the campaign either through football games or volley ball games, which are popular among school
children.
Young children receiving vaccinations in Vanuatu’s
Global polio vaccine switch confirmed for April 2016
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) convened by WHO on 20 October 2015 has con-
firmed that the globally coordinated withdrawal of the type 2 component in the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) will
take place in April 2016.
SAGE confirmed that every country should stop using tOPV and introduce bOPV on a single day of its choosing be-
tween 17 April and 1 May 2016, then remove all stocks of tOPV within two weeks of that date and confirm its
removal from service delivery points to WHO.
SAGE’s landmark decision follows the endorsement by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2015, when Minis-
ters of Health from 194 member states adopted a resolution on the global effort to eradicate polio, as part of the
Polio Endgame Strategy.
In a milestone towards the switch, wild poliovirus (WPV) type 2 was recently declared as eradicated worldwide.
WPV type 3 has not been detected globally since November 2012, and the only remaining endemic WPV type 1
strains are now restricted to Pakistan and Afghanistan. The globally synchronized switch is therefore of great signifi-
cance for the polio eradication programme with tremendous public health benefits.
Countries have already demonstrated an exceptional level of commitment to meeting the timelines of the Polio End-
game. It is also critical that countries meet established deadlines to protect populations by moving the world towards
destruction of WPV2 type 2 stocks or their appropriate containment in designated ‘poliovirus essential’ facilities. The
requirements for containment are detailed in the Global Action Plan III and steps for countries are summarized here.
For more information on the OPV switch and reference materials to guide switch implementation, communications,
training, and monitoring, please consult the OPV switch section on the Polio Endgame objective 2 website.
Any questions on the switch can be directed to Alejandro Ramirez Gonzalez or Lisa Menning.
Countdown to the switch: from 01 Nov 2015 to 17 April 2016, 168 days to go!
At this stage, countries should finalize their national switch plans, closely monitor
tOPV inventories, and place bOPV orders.
Timing is also ideal for: Convening the management and monitoring structures, and securing human and financial resources
Conducting a situational analysis to inform operational preparations, logistics and training plans Developing a monitoring framework, a waste management plan, and a communications strategy
Implementing HPV vaccination in Africa: opportunities for strengthening
adolescent health
Carine Dochez, Network for Education and Support in Immunization (NESI)/University of Antwerp, Belgium,
Rosemary J. Burnett, South African Vaccination and Immunization Centre (SAVIC)/Sefako Makgatho Health Sci-
ences University (SMU), South Africa and M. Jeffrey Mphahlele, South African Vaccination and Immunization Cen-
tre (SAVIC)/Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU), South Africa and South African Medical Research
Council (SA-MRC), South Africa.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: 5-7 October 2015
Participants: A total of 54 participants, including representatives of the Minis-
try of Health of Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland,
Zambia and Zimbabwe; representative of the Ministry of Prima-
ry and Secondary Education of Zimbabwe; WHO representa-
tives of Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimba-
bwe. Facilitators were from WHO, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, South
African Medical Research Council and academia (University of
Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, University of the Witwa-
tersrand, University of the Free State, Sefako Makgatho Health
Sciences University, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine and University of Antwerp).
Group Photo from the workshop on
implementing HPV vaccination in Africa
Purpose: (a) Promote successful and effective introduction of HPV vaccination and other adolescent health
interventions in the southern African region; (b) Create a multi-disciplinary resourceful team of experts to support and advocate for the intro-
duction of HPV vaccines and other adolescent health interventions in the southern African region;
and (c) Increase synergy between academics, educators and Ministries of Health to revive and strengthen
school-based health programmes as delivery platforms of adolescent immunization services in the
southern African region.
Details: The workshop was organized by SAVIC/SMU, SA-MRC and NESI/University of Antwerp. Support was
received from the Flemish Government, Belgium, and WHO/AFRO, Congo-Brazzaville. The first day of the workshop comprised of short presentations highlighting key aspects of cervical
cancer, HPV screening, HPV vaccines, adolescent health interventions, delivery platform for HPV vac-
cination, and effective communication strategies for building public trust in HPV vaccination. The second day of the workshop focused on country presentations which were grouped in three ses-
sions: (a) countries with a national HPV vaccination programme; (b) countries with a demonstration
project; (c) countries planning for HPV vaccine introduction. During the third day of the workshop country group presentations were made, highlighting for each
country the strengths, gaps and challenges based on the feedback received during day two. Countries
also identified how they could assist each other in successful implementation of HPV vaccination and
other adolescent health services. The workshop was well appreciated by the participants. Providing a forum for the country participants
to present their current status of HPV vaccine introduction and exchange best practices and challenges
among countries, resulted in building a multi-disciplinary network of experts and in increased owner-
Workshop on Polio Outbreak Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for
Francophone countries
Crépin Hilaire Dadjo, WHO/Inter-Country Support Team for West Africa
Location: Mbour, Senegal
Date: 16-17 October 2015
Participants: About 40 participants from 11 Francophone coun-
tries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali,
Niger, Senegal in West Africa and Cameroon, the
Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic
Republic of Congo and Gabon in Central Africa.
Participants were EPI Managers, Surveillance Offic-
ers in the Ministries of Health of countries; EPI
Focal Points at country Offices of UNICEF and
WHO. Facilitators were mainly from WHO/HQ,
WHO/IST West Africa, WHO/IST Central Africa,
UNICEF/WCARO, supported by an independent
consultant.
Group photo from the workshop on Polio Outbreak
SOPs for Francophone countries
Purpose: To familiarize the participants with the newly released Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) when
responding to a poliovirus outbreak.
Details: No wild polio virus has been detected for 14 months in the AFRO Region. In addition, Nigeria has
been removed from the list of Polio endemic countries. However this tremendous progress is being
met with a new environment that calls, for instance, for a swift and robust response in case of any
new infection due to poliovirus (both wild poliovirus or from derived vaccine (cf Objective 1 of the
Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018). On 5 May 2014 the Director-General de-
clared the international spread of wild poliovirus in 2014 a Public Health Emergency of International
Concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations [IHR 2005]. These recent developments have led the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners to update
the SOPs for outbreaks response, especially for polio-free countries when faced with a rapid re-
sponse to a new polio outbreak. A total of 12 sessions were delivered in four days, mixed with plenary sessions, group work and sim-
ulation exercises. On the last day of the workshop, all countries had to develop their preparedness and response plans,
which are expected to be completed by the end of November 2015. A workshop for Anglophone countries is expected to take place before the end of 2015.
Ngokoana Khomo and Maila J. Matjila, Chairs of the National Certification Committee, c/o National Department
of Health, South Africa and M. Jeffrey Mphahlele, Chair of the National Task Force on Laboratory Containment of
Poliovirus, c/o National Department of Health, South Africa
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: 10-11 September 2015
Participants: Over 114 delegates from the South African National
Department of Health and the nine Provincial De-
partments of Health, mainly representing Child
Health, Public Health and Maternal Health; WHO;
UNICEF; Rotary International; Statistics-SA; South
African and Swaziland polio committees (NCC, NTF,
NPEC); academics from Public health and Paediatric
departments; Laboratory managers; members of
District Clinical Specialist Teams; Partners (National
Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),
SAVIC, RTC, FPD, PATH and World Vision Interna-
tional); Professional bodies (e.g. SA Paediatric Asso-
ciation and SA Nursing Council); private health sec-
tor and the vaccine manufacturers (Biovac, GSK and
Sanofi Pasteur). Two delegates, each from Nigeria and India, and
were invited to share their country experiences.
Two South African polio survivors were invited to
share their personal experiences.
Group photo of the South African Minister of Health
with key partners and speakers
Purpose: To build on the previous South African success of achieving polio free status, share plans for polio end-
game strategies, strengthen co-operation among all key stakeholders nationally, strengthen Acute Flac-
cid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance, strengthen activities for the containment of poliovirus, promote social
mobilization and advocacy for the Polio Eradication Initiative in the course of preparing South Africa
for a switch from trivalent OPV to bivalent OPV in 2016 in line with global timelines as set by WHO
and to ensure South Africa’s readiness for eradication of polio by 2018 in accordance with the Global
Polio Eradication Strategy (GPEI).
Details: The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, officially opened the symposium. Prof Oyewale Tomori
from Nigeria and Dr Hemant Shukla from India shared their respective country experiences that led to
their recent successes. The achievements in each country were underpinned by a number of factors:
political commitment; provision of funding; meticulous data-driven planning, execution and monitoring
of immunization activities; improved immunization coverage; improved supplementary immunization
activities (SIAs) targeting vulnerable populations; sustained sensitive surveillance; mitigation of the risk
of wild polio virus importation; social mobilization; and effective partnerships. Mr Oswell Bila and Dr Linda Bailey who both suffered from polio as children gave touching and pas-
sionate accounts of their experiences and pledged their support for childhood immunizations and to
become ambassadors of the GPEI. Based on lessons learnt from India and Nigeria, as well as presentations by various Experts from South
African Polio Committees, academia and health sector at large, participants committed themselves to
achieving polio eradication by 2018 through a number of activities in line with the Polio Eradication and
Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018. The key message was that no country can consider itself free of polio and put down its guard since
polio can easily re-infect any country and lead to a reversal of all the gains.
Training Workshop on the implementation of web-based Vaccine Supply and Stock
Management (wVSSM) in Jamaica
Simon Spence, Ministry of Health, Jamaica
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Date: 1-9 October 2015
Participants: Ministry of Health, Jamaica; National Health
Fund Pharmaceutical Division, Jamaica
(Central Vaccine Store); fiveParish Health
Departments: Kingston and St. Andrew, St.
Catherine, Manchester, St. Ann and St. James;
Ministry of Public Health, Guyana; Ministry of
Health, Bermuda
Purpose: The web-based Vaccine Supplies and Stock
Management (wVSSM) software developed by
WHO was selected as the national tool for
the management and control of inventories
for vaccines, syringes and other supplies in
Jamaica. The purpose of the workshop was to
train users at the top three levels of the sup-
ply chain in Jamaica, and sensitize administra-
tors in Bermuda and Guyana to the use and
implementation of the wVSSM application.
Five parish health departments (supply chain
level three) were selected for the pilot pro-
gramme with a view to fully roll out in all
parishes within 12 months.
Group photo from the Training workshop on the implementation of web-based wVSSM in Jamaica
Details: The workshop was executed over seven days with a total of 30 participants. Four representatives
from the central planning unit in the Ministry of Health and five from the central vaccine storage fa-
cility (National Health Fund Pharmaceutical Division) were trained as administrators in the first three
days, with representatives from Bermuda and Guyana joining on day three. Representatives from the five selected parishes participated in the latter four days. Opening stock
and recipient data were entered into the live system. Skills in basic software functions such as arrival
and dispatch management, stock reporting and adjustments, and user management were taught using
the demo version of the software. Participants were given liberal access to the demo site throughout the workshop for individual and
group exercises. Current cold chain and stock management practices were openly discussed so that
existing processes could be integrated into standard operating procedures going forward. Partici-
pants gave a favorable evaluation of the utility of wVSSM in supporting cold chain and stock manage-
ment operations and made suggestions for future versions of the software. Overall, the participants fully embraced the software tool and demonstrated to the facilitators that
they had acquired the knowledge and skills for full implementation.
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National Review Workshop on Full Immunization Programme Sustainability &
Resource Mobilization
Sanjita Thapa, WHO Nepal
Location: Soaltee Crown Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: 11-12 October 2015
Participants: Honorable Minister of Health & Population (MoHP) Nepal,
Secretary-MoHP, Joint Secretaries, Under Secretaries-
Ministry of Federal Affairs & Local Development (MoFALD),
Director General of Department of Health Services (DoHS),
Chief Specialists from MoHP, Director-National Health Train-
ing Center, Director-Child Health Division (CHD), WHO
Representative to Nepal, Environmental Health Team Leader
-USAID, Representatives from Municipality Association Nepal
(MuAN), WHO, UNICEF, USAID, CHD, Regional Health
Directors (RHDs), Health officials from 54 districts - District
Health Officers (DHOs), EPI Supervisors, Local Development
Officers (LDOs)
Inauguration of the National Review by the Hon. Minister of Health & Population
Purpose: To evaluate the full immunization process and the commitment in action towards the ultimate goal to
make the nation full immunized by 2017. 3% of the children in Nepal do not receive vaccines at all and
13% do not receive full immunization. Full immunization refers to the receipt of all antigens by all eligi-
ble children under one year of age as per the nation's immunization schedule. With the aim to reach
every child, Nepal has initiated a unique and inventive tool to strengthen its immunization system
through local community ownership and local resource mobilization using the "appreciative inquiry
(AI) and transformational technology" approach. The journey of full immunization that started in 2012
from Bhageshwore Village Development Committee (VDC), the first VDC to declare fully immunized
in Accham district of Nepal, has expanded now to 1100 VDCs, 50 municipalities and ten districts. Ne-
pal is set to declare the whole country fully immunized by 2017.
Details: A two-day national review workshop was organized by the collaborative effort of the DoHS and
WHO-Nepal to review the full immunization programme sustainability and resource mobilization.
Attendees included representatives from 54 districts. Day one included the discussion of the objec-
tives of the review workshop and an update on the current immunization status in the country fol-
lowed by an overview of the full immunization process and the full immunization guideline. The health
officials got an opportunity to sit in groups of their respective districts and share their programme
achievements and key lessons learned. Day II focused on creating distinctions about key thematic are-
as; sustainability, quality, standardization and local resource mobilization. Following the discussions and
group work, the participants developed recommendations for the way forward. The district representatives participated in discussions about Nepal’s use of innovative local approach-
es to vaccinating every child in the community and how they intend to ensure that they continue to
sustain the full immunization status. With the shared goal of reaching every child to build the founda-
tion towards a healthy nation, each of the members affirmed their commitment to building on their
achievements and drew an active and collective image of the future of full immunization in Nepal. Recommendations from the districts included the continuation of coordination and commitment be-
tween central level authorities and political parties; the development of local strategies and guidelines;
the orientation of all districts in an appreciative inquiry (AI) workshop, annual review meetings at the
district to the grassroot level to discuss the progress and prospects; the formation and mobilization of
local and active monitoring committees; the guaranteed provision of quality vaccines and other logis-
tics so as to not hinder full immunization advocacy; the integration of immunization with other nation-
al campaigns such as the Open Defecation Free (ODF), full literacy, safe home delivery, and the mo-
bilization of school teachers, students, female community health volunteers, mother groups. Every child has the right to a healthy life and immunization ensures that. Nepal is set to build a nation
of healthier children and achieve full immunization by the year 2017.
Resources
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Polio Outbreak Simulation Exercise: How to test national preparedness plans using
the POSE model Catharina de Kat-Reynen, WHO EURO
The aim of a Polio Outbreak Simulation Exercise (POSE) is to critically review and update
national plans for responding to the detection of wild or vaccine-derived polioviruses. This
publication provides material for a one-day exercise, including guidance notes for facilitators
and explanatory documents for participants.
Any national organization or health agency interested in implementing the exercise may
send an email to receive the materials in editable formats for easy adaptation to the local
context.
Global Vaccine Action Plan Monitoring, Evaluation & Accountability Secretariat
Annual Report 2015 Kamel Senouci and Daniela Urfer, WHO Headquarters
The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) Secretariat Report is now available on
the Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals website.
The yearly report is prepared by the Secretariat for the Decade of Vaccines
(DoV), which is
made up of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance,
UNICEF, US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the
World Health Organization (WHO).
This GVAP Secretariat report serves as the basis for the independent review
of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE). The re-
port reviews progress against each of the indicators in the Monitoring and
Evaluation/ Accountability Framework of the GVAP.
In addition it contains a narrative report on trends in vaccine prices, short
updates on Tracking Resources and Commitments to Immunization and inde-
pendent voluntary submissions from various partners on the activities they
conducted under the GVAP umbrella (Civil Society Organizations, Technical
Agencies, Manufacturers…).
To facilitate the exploration of the data, some data visualizations that measure progress against the goals and strate-
gic objectives of the GVAP have been made available on the TechNet-21.org website.
You can share your opinions or ask questions about these visualizations on the TechNet-21.org forum:
For more information on the Decade of Vaccines Collaboration and the Global Vaccine Action Plan, please contact
12-14 Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization Geneva, Switzerland
June
13-17 WPRO Technical Advisory Group TBD
22-23 Gavi Board Meeting TBD
July
4-8 PAHO Technical Advisory Group TBD
October
18-20 Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization Geneva, Switzerland
December
7-8 Gavi Board Meeting TBD
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