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Developing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations during the pandemic: The experience of Serbia's Expert Committee on Immunization.
Markovic-Denic, Ljiljana; Popadic, Dusan; Jovanovic, Tanja; Bonaci-Nikolic, Branka; Samardzic, Janko; Tomic Spiric, Vesna; Rancic, Miljan; Sankar Datta, Siddhartha; Mosina, Liudmila; Jancic, Jasna; Vukomanovic, Goran; Jovanovic, Verica; Vukomanovic, Vladislav; Antic, Darko; Veljkovic, Marko; Saponjic, Vladan; Jacques-Carroll, Lisa.
  • Markovic-Denic L; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Popadic D; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Jovanovic T; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Bonaci-Nikolic B; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Samardzic J; Clinic of Allergy and Immunology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Tomic Spiric V; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Rancic M; Institute of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, and Toxicology, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Sankar Datta S; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Mosina L; Clinic of Allergy and Immunology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Jancic J; World Health Organization Country Office Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Vukomanovic G; World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Jovanovic V; World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Vukomanovic V; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Antic D; Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Veljkovic M; University Children's Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Saponjic V; Institute of Public Health of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Jacques-Carroll L; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Front Public Health ; 10: 1056670, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2224943
ABSTRACT
A National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) is a multi-disciplinary body of national experts that provide evidence-based recommendations to policy-makers to assist them in making informed immunization policy and programme decisions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, NITAGs faced many challenges in making evidence-based recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines due to the rapidly evolving situation with new vaccine products available in a short time period and limited data on vaccine effectiveness. The authors reviewed the process used by Serbia's NITAG, which is called the Serbian Expert Committee on Immunization, to develop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations during the pandemic. The article examines the challenges and successes faced by the committee. Serbia's expert committee used the best available evidence to develop over forty recommendations on all aspects of COVID-19 vaccination. These expert committee recommendations facilitated the early procurement and successful roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, guidance for vaccination of individuals at the highest risk, and high COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the country. The availability of five COVID-19 vaccines in Serbia was an advantage for the successful roll-out but posed challenges for the expert committee. Serbia's expert committee plans to use the experience and best practices developed during the pandemic to improve and expand its work moving forward.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Vaccines / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Vaccines / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article