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1 Innovations in sustainable Draft Programme (05 May 2016) Draft 7 th Meeting of the South-East Asia Region Immunization Technical Advisory Group (SEAR ITAG) 6-10 June 2016, New Delhi (India) Day 1, Monday, 6 June :00 17:30 Pre-meeting agenda Review of the progress of implementation of the recommendation of ITAG meeting in 2015 Review of the Expanded Programmes on Immunization in SEAR countries based on the reports submitted by the country NITAGs Update on current status of regional priorities (structured format) Identification of discussion points for the thematic areas covered in 4-day programme, 7-10 June ITAG Members SAGE Chair+2 Members RCCPE Chair NITAG/NCIP chairs/members UNICEF (HQ and ROs) WHO (HQ and SEARO) Day 2, Tuesday, 7 June

2 Opening Session Registration Opening Session, RD s speech, photo etc. WHO Regional Director Introduction of ITAG Members; participants ITAG Chair Tea Break Session 1: Review of progress and achievements since last ITAG Progress on implementation of recommendations from the 6 th Meeting of SEAR ITAG, June :30 12:00 Progress of NITAG Establishment in SEAR Review of country EPI by NITAGs a summary WHO SEARO 12:00 12:15 Update on implementation of Global Vaccine Action WHO HQ Plan 12: Validation of MNTE - Indonesia MoH Indonesia 12:30-13:00 13:00 14:00 Lunch Break Session 2: Implementing Vaccine Action Plan 14:00 14:15 SEAR Vaccine Action Plan Summary of challenges WHO SEARO and way forward 14: Efforts to reach every child - addressing inequities in immunization WHO & UNICEF MoH India & MoH Nepal a. Brief introductory remarks/presentation b. Country experiences (2 countries) 15:00 15:15 15:15 15:45 Tea Break 15:45 16:00 Nepal Immunization Act-2016: Key aspects MoH Nepal 16:00 17:00 Innovations to sustainable immunization financing in the context of country transition Panel discussion Using HSS approach to address country priority areas of immunization: Lessons learned & challenges - Bangladesh - Myanmar ITAG closed discussion 19:00 21:00 Reception MoH Bangladesh MoH Myanmar Day 3, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 Session 3 Hepatitis B Situation and way forward 09:00 10:00 Regional Viral Hepatitis Action Plan (20 WHO-SEARO Regional Hepatitis B Situation and Action Plan - way WHO-SEARO forward (20 2

3 (20 10:00-10:30 Tea Break Session 4 - Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategy Situation Update 10:30 12:15 Regional Update on Polio Eradication and endgame WHO SEARO strategy implementation (20 Global Update (20 WHO HQ IPV and bopv supply situation (15 UNICEF SD Stretching IPV supplies (15 WHO SEARO/HQ Containment of polioviruses as per GAP III an update WHO SEARO (20 (15 12:15-13:15 Lunch Session 5 - Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategy Outbreak response 13:15 15:30 Outbreak response assessment (OBRA) and follow-up actions in Myanmar (20+10 WHO-SEARO & MoH Myanmar Updated national outbreak response plan in DPR Korea MoH DPR Korea (20 Responding to a poliovirus outbreak or event post WHO HQ Polio team switch generic SOPs (20 Specific protocol for response to type 2 poliovirus (30 (10 WHO SEARO/ UNICEF ROSA Preparing a country roadmap for outbreak response postswitch brief orientation (25 All countries 15:30-16:00 Tea-break Session 6 Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategy Transition Planning 16:00 17:15 Post- Polio Eradication Transition Planning Principles and Steps (30 Transition planning progress India (15 Evaluation of SMO network Bangladesh (15 (10 17:15 18:00 Developing action plans for transition of polio assets: Break-out session with 5 countries Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal ITAG closed discussion WHO HQ WHO India/UNICEF India WHO Bangladesh MoH, WHO, UNICEF 3

4 Day 4, Thursday, 9 June 2016 Session 7: Accelerating Measles Elimination and Rubella/CRS Control 09:00 10:30 Regional Measles and Rubella update situation, WHO SEAR challenges and way forward (30 Global Measles and Rubella update (20 WHO HQ IVB Re-emergence of measles in Bhutan case study (15 MoH Bhutan Managing measles outbreak in Sri Lanka an MoH Sri Lanka experience (15 (10 10:30 11:00 Tea Break 11:00 11:20 Status of MR surveillance in SEAR and recent actions WHO SEAR to improve sensitivity, including molecular epidemiology (20 11:20 11:30 Initiating sentinel CRS surveillance MoH Maldives 11:30 12:30 Group Work: Closing immunity gaps and All countries (4 goups) strengthening surveillance for measles and rubella 12:30 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 15:00 Presentations from group work (15 mins presentation + 5 mins discussion for each group) 15:00 15:30 Tea Break Session 8: Strengthening data quality for action 15:30 17:15 Data Quality Improving immunization information, recording & reporting in SEAR (20 WHO SEAR Home based records (10 UNICEF Strengthening weekly AFP and measles case based WHO SEAR data reporting (15 Addressing missed opportunities and planning for new MoH Timor Leste CES methodology (15 Follow up to EPI/VPD Surveillance Review - Sri MoH Sri Lanka Lanka (15 Follow up to EPI/Surveillance review Thailand (15 MoH Thailand ( : 15 ITAG closed discussion 4

5 Day 5, Friday 10 June 2016 Session 9 - Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination in SEAR 09:00 09:30 MNTE maintenance plan for SEAR WHO SEAR Session 10 - Strengthening Vaccine Quality and Management 09:30 10:30 Vaccine availability & supply (15 UNICEF SD New NRA Assessment tool and progress made in NRA WHO SEAR strengthening in SEAR: special reference to Bangladesh and Myanmar (20 Vaccine management & assessment (EVM UNICEF ROSA/EAPRO assessment new tool) 15 mins 10:30 11:00 Tea Break AEFI field investigation & Causality Assessment WHO SEAR 11:00 11:45 guidelines Session 11 - New and Under-Utilized Vaccines introduction in SEAR 11:45 12:15 Dengue Vaccine Development (WHO position paper and SAGE Recommendations) Update : sharing experiences on: - IPV/PCV post introduction evaluation 12:15 13:00 - Rotavirus vaccine Introduction - JE Introduction 13:00-13:15 s 13:15-14:15 Lunch Break 14:15 15:30 ITAG Closed discussion ITAG Recommendations and Closing WHO - HQ MoH Bangladesh MoH India MoH Indonesia 5

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