Minutes of the Meeting of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI)

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) meeting was held on Monday, December 17, 2018, at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi under the chairpersonship of Smt. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and cochairpersonship of Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Prof Balram Bhargav, Secretary, Department of Health Research (DHR) & Director General-ICMR.

topics discussed included:

• Update on Typhoid Disease Surveillance and Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV)
• Update on Cholera Disease Burden & Vaccine
• Update on inactivated JE vaccines in India
• Status update on indigenous Rotavirus Vaccines in India
• Status update on leprosy disease burden and Potential introduction of Leprosy Vaccines in National Leprosy Elimination Program of India
• Calendar of year 2019 NTAGI, STSC, Standing Working Groups Meetings