Report from the World Health Organization's immunization and vaccines-related implementation research advisory committee (IVIR-AC) ad hoc meeting, 28 June – 1 July 2024
The World Health Organization's Immunization and Vaccines-related Implementation Research Advisory Committee (IVIR-AC) serves to independently review and evaluate vaccine-related research to maximize the potential impact of vaccination programs. From 28 June - 1 July 2024, IVIR-AC was convened for an ad hoc meeting to discuss new evidence on criteria for rubella vaccine introduction and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome. This report summarizes background information on rubella virus transmission and the burden of congenital rubella syndrome, meeting structure and presentations, proceedings, and recommendations.
Authors
- Rakesh Aggarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9689-494X)
- Habib Hasan Farooqui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3081-2929)
- Philipp Lambach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-8899)
- Mitsuki Koh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2340-6380)
- Allison Portnoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-1324)
- Kathy Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-388X)
- Sheetal Silal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-5383)
- Amy K. Winter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2737-7003)
- Patrick K. Munywoki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-7155)
- Stefan Flasche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-2606)
- Kurt Frey
- Emilia Vynnycky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-1059)
- Alyssa N. Sbarra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7387-2729)
- Xuanyi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6398-9184)
- Alexandra B. Hogan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6271-9921)
- Natasha S. Crowcroft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6761-8783)
- William J. Moss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6579-3513)
- Laura Zimmerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2180-6305)
- Meru Sheel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5453-070X)
- Sun‐Young Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5419-4424)
- C. Jessica E. Metcalf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3166-7521)
- Matt Ferrari
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Gates Foundation (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Princeton University (US)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- Institute for Disease Modeling (US)
- Qatar University (QA)
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126307
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.79
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation