NITAG Resource @NitagResource
NITAG Resource Center - WHO Collaborating Center for evidence-informed immunization policy-making nitag-resource.org Paris, France Joined September 2015-
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What's new in the NITAG community? - mailchi.mp/c08ff7f4ba7d/w…
Now ACIP will "base its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes" - I am sorry but why was evidence-based ruled out?!? 🤔
Now ACIP will "base its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes" - I am sorry but why was evidence-based ruled out?!? 🤔
The forbidden words for the CDC are: ‘‘vulnerable,’’ ‘‘entitlement,’’ ‘‘diversity,’’ ‘‘transgender,’’ ‘‘fetus,’’ ‘‘evidence-based,’’ and ‘‘science-based.’’ bos.gl/o1wKL3t
Recommendations from the 2nd global NITAG network meeting ac.els-cdn.com/S0264410X17314… @NitagResource
Norway announces at the @WHO_Europe PMM mtg that they will establish a NITAG in 2018 - already 45 countries out of 53 established a NITAG
Rabies. 100% mortality. 60k deaths pa mostly kids. >95% dog bites. Safe, effective vaccine exists but is little used. Time for elimination?
SAGE mandates the GAVI alliance to align more with the GVAP goals: "immunization goes beyond the introduction of new vaccines"
SAGE is urging GAVI to consider NITAGs challenges: capacity building needed, country priorities not necessary GAVI's, lack of evidence
Robb Butler announces the coming establishment of à NITAG in the Russian Federation - bringing the number of NITAGs in the region to 43!
Dr Okwo-Bele opens the October SAGE meeting and shows how WHO guidelines are translated into impact #VaccineWork
Good news in the fight against typhoid: new vaccine study shows promising results vaccineswork.org/good-news-in-t…
Know. Check. Protect – the latest update on WHO recommendations for routine immunization goo.gl/Qx4sXY #vaccineswork
Story of the Global NITAG network launching is online @WHO Immunization Vaccines Biologicals homepage - check it out who.int/immunization/n…
Global Network of National #immunization techn. advisory groups (NITAG) established in #Berlin: rki.de/en @NitagResource @WHO
"the Global NITAG Network is not passive but a living and active platform and this is real collaboration" #TheEnd #SeeYouNextYear #SoGreat
T.Kuchenmüller:WHO/Europe supports systematic use of evidence in policy – a key regional knowledge broker #EVIPnet #HealthInformation4Policy
As we are celebrating the launch at the tea house, Anthony Harnden concludes on the quote "where there is tea, there is hope" !
"As stated by SAGE, NITAGs are core institutions to bring best advice on vaccines and are the best tool against emerging disease" P. Duclos
"GNN will contribute to a better use of resources and is a collaborative effort to improve vaccination globally" Message from MoH in Germany
W/ great support from @WHO & partners, in line w/ the 2017 WHA resolutions, the Global NITAG Network is officially launched by core members

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