2019, Yellow fever, ICG annual meeting report

Overview

The annual meeting of the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for yellow fever was held on 12 September at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. The aims of the meeting were for partners and stakeholders to: review the epidemiological situation and epidemic response activities, including ICG requests from September 2018 to August 2019; discuss the anticipated stockpile size, composition and funding for 2020; discuss vaccine supply and demand forecasts; vaccine manufacturers’ future development plans; and review areas of complementarity between the ICG and Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy.