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. 2017 Dec 15;35(50):6925–6930. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.048

Table 1.

Participants in GNN Meeting, June 2017, Berlin Germany.

Country Year NITAG Established Country NITAG Member or Chair; or NITAG Secretariat
Albania 2015 Najada Como, NITAG member; Iria Preza, NITAG Secretariat representative
Argentina 2000 Pablo Bonvehi, NITAG Chair; Daniel Stecher, NITAG Secretariat representative
Armenia 2011 Anna Chobanyan, NITAG Chair; Gayane Sahakyan, NITAG Secretariat representative
Australia 1997 Madeline Hall, NITAG Member
Belgium 1991 Yves Van Laethem, NITAG chair
Canada 1964 Caroline Quach-Thanh, NITAG Chair; Gina Charos, NITAG NITAG Secretariat representative
China 1982 Feng Zijian, NITAG member
Costa Rica 2001 Roberto Arroba, NITAG NITAG Secretariat representative
Cote d’ivoire 2009 Emmanuel Bissagnene, NITAG Chair; Issaka Tiembre, NITAG Secretariat representative
Egypt 2003 Hamed El-Khayat, NITAG secretariat representative
Ethiopia 2016 Yemane Berhane, NITAG Chair
France 1985 Daniel LEVY-BRUHL, NITAG member
Germany 1972 Thomas Mertens, NITAG Chair; Ole Wichmann, NITAG secretariat representative
India 2001 Saurabh Gupta, NITAG Secretariat representative
Jordan 2010 Najwa Kuri, NITAG Chair
Mongolia 2010 P.Nymadawa, NITAG Chair
Mozambique 2011 Jahit Sacarlal, NITAG Chair; Antonio Nhambombe, NITAG secretariat representative
Nepal 2010 Rupa Rajbhandari Singh, NITAG member; Rajendra Prasad Pant, NiTAG secretariat representative
Netherlands 1902 Gwen Soete, NITAG member
Saudi Arabia 2008 Aisha Alshammary, NITAG member
Senegal 2013 Mamadou BA, NITAG member
Spain 1991 Aurora Limia, Head of Area Immunization Program
Sweden 2016 Helen Englund, NITAG Secretariat representative
United Kingdom 1963 Anthony Harnden, NITAG Member, Andrew Earnshaw, NITAG secretariat representative
Viet nam 1998 Nguyen Minh Hang, NITAG secretariat; Nguyen Xuan Tung, NITAG secretariat representative
Zimbabwe 2011 N.A.Gonah, NITAG Chair



Organization Other Participants

Dalhousie University, Canada Noni MacDonald, Meeting Chair and Facilitator
Robert Koch Institute Ole Wichmann, Carsten Martel, Sarah Wetzel
AMP- HPID Martin Mengel, HPID Director
Johns Hopkins University, USA Lois Privor-Dumm, RAVIN
London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom Helen Burchett, Sandra Mounier-Jack- SYSVAC
Partnership for Influenza vaccine introduction Jane Seward, consultant
USAID Endale Beyene, Immunization technical advisor
US-CDC Global Immunization Division Kathy Cavallaro, Abigail Shefer
Wellcome Trust, UK Alexis Gilbert, Specialty Registrar in Public Heath, Policy Unit
WHO Headquarters Philippe Duclos, Louise Henaff
WHO AFRO Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya
WHO AMRO/PAHO Ana Gabriela Felix Garcia



WHO EURO Adam Finn, ETAGE Chair
WHO SEARO Gagandeep Kang, SEAR TAG
WHO WPRO Nyambat Batmunkh