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Indicators to assess National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs)
Vaccine, 8 February 2013, doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.01.047 Authors: Julia Blau, Nahad Sadr-Azodi, Marine Clementz, Nihal Abeysinghe, Niyazi Cakmak, Philippe Duclos, Cara Janusz, Barbara Jauregui, Richard Mihigo, Liudmila Mosina, Yoshihiro Takashima, Kamel Senouci Abstract A National...
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SIVAC Supports the Mozambican Committee of Experts on Immunisation (CoPI) To Develop Recommendations for Appropriate and Sustainable Evidence-Based Decisions
The Civil Society Dose, a quarterly newsletter of the GAVI CSO Constituency, Issue 3, December 2012, Page 10 - Special Partners’ Forum Edition Authors: Antoine Durupt, Alex Adjagba, Kamel Senouci In January 2011, the Mozambican Minister of Health issued a decree to form a National...
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SIVAC Initiative Supports Technical Advisory Groups on New Vaccine Introductions
OP.TI.MI.ZE e-newsletter, Issue 14, October 2012, page 5-6. Developed by Project Optimize, a collaboration of the World Health Organization (WHO) and PATH, the Op.ti.mize e-newsletter is a quarterly publication that highlights advances and innovations in health care logistics, technologies, and...
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From Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to National Programs on Immunization (NPI): interest of National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs)
Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique (Springer), Issue 105, Pages 311-314, 13 June 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s13149-012-0245-x Authors: Saliou P, Blau J, Senouci K (in French) Abstract Since its creation in 1974 by WHO World Health Assembly and until recently, the...
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Report on the 1st international workshop on procedures for the development of evidence-based vaccination recommendations, Berlin, Germany, 22–23 November 2010
Vaccine, Volume 30, Issue 14, 23 March 2012, Pages 2399-2404 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.004. Authors: Dorothea Matysiak-Klose, Faruque Ahmed, Philippe Duclos, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Frode Forland, Hans Houweling, Piotr Kramarz, Joanne M. Langley, Thomas Mertens, Holger Sch...
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Establishment of a National Immunization Technical Advisory Group in Côte d’Ivoire: Process and lessons learned
Vaccine, Volume 30, Issue 15, 28 March 2012, Pages 2588–2593 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.066  Authors: Julia Blau, Papa Coumba Faye, Kamel Senouci, Simplice Ncho Dagnan, Alfred Douba, Jeanine Tagliante Saracino, Bradford D. Gessner.  Agence de M...
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Consultation on interactions between National Regulatory Authorities and National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups
Expert Review of Vaccines, September 2011, Vol. 10, No. 9, Pages 1265-1270.  Special Report.  Authors: Liliana Chocarro, Philippe Duclos, Kamel Senouci, James Southern.  Abstract:  A consultation during the Developing Country Vaccine Regulators’ Network...
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Implementation of National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups: Countries’ Ownership of Priority Setting and Decision-Making for Immunization Programs and Policies
Médecine Tropicale, 2011; 71: 363-366.  Authors: Senouci K, Faye PC, Blau J, Da Silva A, Gessner B.  Agence de Médecine Préventive (AMP). (in French)  Abstract: The multiple public health priorities, the lack of human, financial and logistic...
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Informing decision makers: Experience and process of 15 National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups
Vaccine, Volume 28, Supplement 1, 19 April 2010, Pages A1-A5:  The Role of National Advisory Committees in Supporting Evidence-Based Decision Making for National Immunisation Programs.  Authors: Bradford D. Gessner, Philippe Duclos, Denise DeRoeck, E. Anthony S. Nelson. ...
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A systematic review of national immunization policy making processes
Vaccine, Volume 28, Supplement 1, 19 April 2010, Pages A6-A12:  The Role of National Advisory Committees in Supporting Evidence-Based Decision Making for National Immunisation Programs.  Authors: Maggie Bryson, Philippe Duclos, Ann Jolly, Jessica Bryson.  Abstract: This...
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