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Joint WHO/UNICEF statement for typhoid vaccine use in tsunami-affected areas

Decision-making process for use/deployment of typhoid vaccines

• Request for typhoid vaccine use should be initiated by the Ministry of Health of the country.
• The decision for deployment of typhoid vaccines should be taken by an Advisory Panel which will base its decision upon analysis of a set of prerequisites. Terms of reference of the Advisory Panel are similar to the ones of the ICG². The Advisory Panel consists in :
• WHO Headquarters: Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals; Global Task Force on cholera control
• WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia and the WHO Representative
• UNICEF Headquarters and UNICEF Regional Office
• Advice and guidance for implementation of the mass vaccination campaign using typhoid vaccines will be provided through the WHO Global Task Force on Cholera Control.

²ICG: Interagency Group for deployment of meningitis vaccines