Supporting countries in establishing and strengthening NITAGs: Lessons learned from 5 years of the SIVAC initiative

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 588-595

  Adjagba, Alex ^a   Senouci, Kamel ^a   Biellik, Robin ^b   Batmunkh, Nyambat ^c   Faye, Pape Coumba ^a   Durupt, Antoine ^a   Gessner, Bradford D ^a   da Silva, Alfred ^a  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b Independent Consultant   (Switzerland)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Advisory committee; Capacity building; Decision making; Evidence based policy; Health policy; Immunization; National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG); New and under utilized vaccine; Routine immunization; Vaccine introduction

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84921038806     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.12.026     Document Type: Review

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