We are approaching the 6th Global NITAG Network meeting, taking place from November 25 - 27, 2025, in Marrakech, Morocco. The meeting will be held in a hybrid format, and online participation is welcome. If you would like to receive the connection link, please send me an email. Nomination memos have been sent to the Ministries of Health in countries receiving support. Once we receive the nominations, official invitation letters will be issued. For self-sponsored participants, please let me know directly, and I will ensure that an invitation letter is sent.
The compendium has been updated to include vaccine evidence on PCV in line with the pubication of the WHO position paper.
NITAG meeting minutes:
- ATAGI (Australian NITAG) published its meeting bulleting from its June meeting, available here.
- ACIP held its September meeting on 18-19th and the presentations are available here.
GNN
- The GNN webinar ‘SAGE digest’ was held on October 2nd 2025. Recording is available here, along with the slides on the left hand corner.
SAGE
- Meeting Highlights: The summary from last week’s SAGE meeting is available here.
- Greenbook of Slides: The Greenbook is available here. You need to download the pdf to be able to access the slides.
- WHO Position Paper on Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines for infants and children under 5 years (Published 26 September 2025)📄 Access the position paper
WHO
- A new WHO Vaccination Information Hub has been created recently to provide evidence-based information and resources about vaccines. 🔗 Visit the Hub
Vaccinology course
- ADVAC: Time is running out for the applications for ADVAC 2026. The course will be held from 11 to 22 May 2026 in Annecy, France. Make sure you send your application by 15 November 2025. Successful candidates will be notified by early February 2026.
Best wishes,
Louise
