Immunization and Vaccine-related Implementation Research Advisory Committee (‎IVIR-AC)‎ recommendations - September 2018

The IVIR-AC working group on Vaccine Acceptance and Demand, which was established in March 2018, presented their draft terms of reference for review and a draft generic IVIR-AC stakeholder framework for vaccine acceptance and demand. In addition, South Africa presented a project protocol based on the IVIR-AC stakeholder framework to address essential features of acceptance and demand to test the generic approach of IVIR-AC for human papillomavirus (HPV) and other vaccination programmes. A draft dashboard for HPV was presented, containing information on population demographics, the national cervical cancer screening programme, the HPV burden and prevalence, vaccination and the impact of vaccination. as a tool to guide national decision-makers in policy and monitoring.