• Vaccine · Apr 2010

    National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs): guidance for their establishment and strengthening.

    • Philippe Duclos.
    • Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization, 20 Ave Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. duclosp@who.int
    • Vaccine. 2010 Apr 19; 28 Suppl 1: A18-25.

    AbstractThe majority of industrialized and some developing countries have formally established national technical advisory bodies to guide immunization policies; other countries are working towards or contemplating the establishment of such bodies. These advisory bodies are often referred to as National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs). A NITAG is a technical resource supplying guidance to national policy makers and programme managers to enable them to make evidence-based immunization related policy and program decisions. The focus of this paper is to: (1) review the value and functions of a NITAG; (2) provide directions and identify issues for countries to consider when establishing or improving the functioning of a NITAG; and (3) outline potential WHO and partners' roles and activities in support of the establishment and strengthening of NITAGs.Copyright © 2010 World Health Organization. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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