2018, Yellow fever, ICG annual meeting report

Overview

The annual meetings of the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine provision for epidemic meningitis, cholera and yellow fever (YF) were held back-to-back from 18–20 September 2018 in Geneva. The aims of the annual meeting of the ICG for Yellow Fever, held on 20 September, were for partners and stakeholders to: review the epidemiological situation and epidemic response activities, including ICG requests, in 2017 and 2018; discuss lessons learned and propose recommendations for improvement; discuss the anticipated stockpile size, composition and funding for 2019; and review areas of complementarity between the ICG and End Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy.