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Dear all,
As we need some good news, let's celebrate the successful SAGE meeting that took place on March 10-13th in Geneva and the rescheduling of the ACIP meeting to April 15-16, agenda available here.
Meningococcal diseases
- French NITAG published its Vaccination strategy against invasive meningococcal infections, available in French here.
RSV
- NACI (Canadian NITAG) published their Updated guidance on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines for older adults including the expanded use of RSVPreF3 for individuals 50 to 59 years of age and use of the new mRNA-1345 vaccine. The summary is available here.
- The French NITAG published its Evaluation of co-administration of RSV vaccines with seasonal influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, available in French here.
- The NITAG of the Netherlands published its advisory report on RSV vaccination for the elderly, available here.
COVID-19
- ATAGI (Australian NITAG) published the statement on the administration of COVID-19 vaccines in 2025, available here.
- The NITAG of the Netherlands published its advisory report on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025, available here.
SAGE
- The March Meeting highlights were published here.
- All presentations from the different sessions can be accessed here. (on the right hand side, click on 'slide deck' and download the pdf to access all the presentations)
- SAGE published a commentary in the Lancet, urging global health stakeholders to recognise and protect the crucial normative function of WHO, ensuring that technical guidance for immunisation, including policies and strategies, remains a cornerstone of its mandate: Safeguarding immunisation: a core function of WHO
GNN
- The GNN organized the SAGE digest webinar on March 27th. The recording is available here along with the slides.
Partners
- NISH organized a webinar entitled Advancing vaccines and immunization practices through modelling - available here.
The dates for the GNN meeting have not been set yet, but I will inform you as soon as we finalize them.
Best wishes,
Louise
