Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) - October 2019

8 – 10 October 2019

The SAGE meeting of 8-10 October 2019 took place at in the EB conference room, WHO-HQ, Geneva. Available on this site you will find meeting information, background reading materials and presentations made at the meeting. The conclusions and recommendations of SAGE meeting are published in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record in English and French within two months of each SAGE meeting.

Meeting materials

 

 

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Background documents and presentations

SAGE Yellow Book for October 2019

 

Session: Report from IVB director

Background documents

Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, April 2019 – conclusions and recommendations.

SAGE tracking record of recommendations and action points

Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Vaccine-preventable Diseases, 9-11 July 2019, Cartagena, Colombia

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Report of the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), 5-6 June 2019. WER No. 28, 2019

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Presentations

Global report including key updates and challenges from regions. - K. O'brien

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Session: GAVI

No background documents provided for this session.

Presentations

Report from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - S. Berkley

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Session: Immunization partners

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Session: Measles and rubella vaccines

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Session: HPV vaccine

Background documents

Executive summary

SAGE Working Group on potential contribution of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and immunization towards cervical cancer elimination: Background Document and Report to SAGE

Off-label HPV vaccine recommendations: a survey of NITAGs and EPI program managers

Final one dose HPV vaccine report v4

Final longer interval versus shorter interval of HPV vaccines

Final Two doses of HPV vaccine in 15-18 year old

MI4 Market Information for Access to vaccines - demand methodology

Presentations

Session introduction and key questions - R. Aggarwal

Update on access to HPV vaccine - P. Bloem

Systematic review of evidence on different HPV immunization strategies - N. Henschke

Ongoing trials on single-dose HPV vaccine schedule - A. Kreimer

Global analysis of HPV vaccine supply and demand - T. Cernuschi

Impact of different HPV immunization strategies in the context of supply constraint - M. Brisson

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Session: Post-2020 Immunization Strategy/ Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP)

Session: Ebola vaccines

Background documents

Executive summary

Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo Disease outbreak news: Update

Ebola virus disease: DRC- external situation report

Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization Interim Recommendations on Vaccination against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) 7 May 2019

Preliminary results on the efficacy of rVSV-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine using the ring vaccination strategy in the control of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: an example of integration of research into epidemic response.

Overview of candidate Ebola vaccines as of August 19, 2019

R&D Blueprint: Overview of the current research, development and use of vaccines against ebola (Made available online post meeting)

R&D Blueprint: Overview of the evidence and recommendations (Made available online post meeting)

Presentations

Overview of SAGE recommendations and introduction to the session - F. Were

Update on outbreak epidemiology - B. Archer

Status of implementation of SAGE interim recommendations - A. Diallo

Preliminary observations regarding effect of rVSV ZEBOV vaccination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - A.M. Henao-Restrepo

Update on status of Ebola candidate vaccines and ongoing efforts towards global vaccine security - A. Costa

Conclusions and next steps - H. Rees

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Session: Quality and Use of Immunization and Surveillance Data

Background documents

SAGE Working Group on Quality and Use of Immunization and Surveillance Data: Executive Summary

Immunization Data: Evidence for Action (IDEA) Precis.

India Case Study: Utilization of Immunization Data to Improve Evidence-based Decision-Making

Excerpt from the draft 2019 Western Pacific Region (WPR) 28th Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting report summarizing presentations on the draft “Regional strategic framework for vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization in the Western Pacific, 2021-2030”

SAGE Data WG report with updated references

Annexes for the report of the SAGE working group on Quality and Use of Immunization and Surveillance Data

Presentations

SAGE Immunization Data WG summary- H. Scobie

India: Utilization of Immunization Data to Improve Evidence-based Decision-Making - D. Ahmed

Western Pacific Region: data in the Regional Strategic Framework for Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunization 2021-2030 - D.A.C. Amarasinghe

SAGE Immunization Data WG proposed recommendations - J. Jawad

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Session: Polio the last mile

Background documents

Executive summary: Polio

18th Meeting of the SAGE Polio Working Group. Conclusions and recommendations. Note for the Record.

Presentation of clinical data from nOPV2 trials and plan for EUL

Summary of PRELIMINARY results ahead of print: Immunogenicity of mOPV2 administered as 1-drop or 2-drops

GRADE table: Immunogenicity conferred by 1 vs 2 drops of monovalent oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 vaccine

Presentation

Update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative - R. Sutter

Presentation of clinical data from novel type 2 oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) trials and plan for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) - A. Bandyopadhyay

Report from SAGE Polio Working Group including presentation of results from “One-drop monovalent type 2 oral polio vaccine (mOPV2) study”; and call for acceleration of assessment of nOPV2 under EUL - I. Jani

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