Thirteenth Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group

Overview

The Thirteenth Meeting of the World Health Organization's South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (SEAR-ITAG) was held on 17-19 August 2022 in New Delhi, India.

SEAR-ITAG is a technical group comprising experts from disciplines such as programme management, communicable diseases and vaccine preventable disease control, virology, epidemiology, and immunization. SEAR-ITAG provides guidance on setting regional priorities for immunization and offers technical support for strengthening routine immunization services to Member States. It meets annually with national Expanded Programme on Immunization managers and surveillance focal points, and partner agencies, to review progress on immunization coverage, surveillance, programme issues, and matters related to vaccine quality assurance.

This report provides an overview of proceedings, conclusions, and recommendations from the thirteenth annual meeting of the SEAR-ITAG in 2022.