Dear colleagues, Throughout the pandemic, WHO has published SAGE-endorsed guiding principles to help guide countries in their decision-making.  The first was published in March 2020 to help guide countries during the early stages of the pandemic.  The second was published in November 2020...

Dear Colleagues, Please find attached a call for experts inviting anyone interested in serving on the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunizationto consider applying for inclusion on the newly established SAGE Roster.  We’d be grateful if you would kindl...

Dear all, this is to inform you that the "WHO SAGE roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines in the context of limited supply" has been published on the SAGE website www.who.int/immunization/sage/covid-19_documents/en/. The Roadmap considers priority populations for the use of va...

WER with recommendations from SAGE Oct 2019 was published today (attached). Below I highlight two areas related to immunization data use and quality. Enjoy the reading, Carolina “[Immunization Agenda 20330] IA2030 envisions a world in which “everyone, everywhere, at every age, fully benefits from...

Dear all I encountered operational challege were during SIA, specifically OBR using mOPV2 antigen. I observed that the fixed post team were given only bOPV which is the right antigen for routine while ignoring the purpose of the campaign (mOPV2 not given). They were intructed to give both mOPV2 and...

The SAGE October 2016 meeting report has been published in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record. SAGE reviewed relevant data and evidence, advised and made recommendations on various complex and critical issues including: Global Vaccine Action Plan: 2016 mid-term review of progress and recommend...

Every year, the Decade of Vaccines secretariat[1] prepares a report which summarizes the progress against each of the GVAP goals (coverage, disease elimination, vaccine prices, NITAGs…). This report is the best source of information available to have a clear picture of the situation in all the areas...

The SAGE April 2016 meeting report has been published today in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record. SAGE reviewed relevant data and evidence, advised and made recommendations on various complex and critical issues including the: Use of dengue vaccine; Progress towards polio eradication; Imple...

We are pleased to inform you that several publications featuring the Decade of Vaccines Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) Assessment report 2014 are now available for dissemination. - WHO Executive Board 136 report on GVAP: http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_eb136.html The document (EB 136/25) will be ...

The meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization took place in Geneva from the 21-23 October 2014. The full SAGE meeting summary is available online at: http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/meetings/2014/october/summary_meeting_oct2014 For more information on SAGE,...

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization was established by the Director-General of the World Health Organization in 1999. It is the principal advisory group to WHO for vaccines and immunization and is concerned not just with childhood vaccines and immunization, but all vaccine...

Many thanks to Simona Zipursky for sharing this with TechNet21 readers. Please note that the full report of the November 2010 meeting of WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization was published in English and French in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) today and ca...