19th meeting of the European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (ETAGE) (2019)

29-30 October 2019 Copenhagen, Denmark

The European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (ETAGE) met in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 29–30 October 2019 to be informed of global and regional immunization-related developments and activities of the Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunization programme (VPI) of the WHO Regional Office for Europe. VPI also sought advice and guidance from ETAGE related to specific activities including the 2030 European regional immunization agenda and strategy under development. ETAGE was further updated on the Strategic Response Plan for the measles emergency in the WHO European Region, VPI’s middle-income country strategy and roadmap, progress in hepatitis B control, guidance on effective communication of immunization data, experience gained by national immunization technical advisory groups (NITAGs) in the past year, and proposals for withdrawal of oral polio vaccines from the European Region.