About the PIP Framework Advisory Group
The Advisory Group (AG) is tasked, among other things, with monitoring implementation of the PIP Framework, and providing evidence-based reporting, assessment and recommendations regarding its functioning to the Director-General. The AG is comprised of 18 members drawn from three Member States in each WHO Region. It consists of internationally recognized policy makers, public health experts and technical experts in the field of influenza. Members serve three-year terms.
Advisory Group Composition as of October 2025
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Director General of Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Executive Director Communicable Diseases Sector, Abu Dhabi Public Health Center (ADPHC)
Director, Division of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Republic of Korea
Professor, Department of Microbiology of Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital
Professor of Public Health, Epidemiology and HIV/AIDS at the University of the West Indies
Clinical Microbiologist Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis (CRDM), National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Johannesburg, South Africa
Professor Mai Le Thi Quynh
Vice Director, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
Dr Dimitrijevic Dragana
Ministerio de Salud, Costa Rica
Dr Anna Erika Lindh
Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Scientific Researcher, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, Canada
Prof Soe Lwin Nyein
Director of the Centre for Research and Development of Biomedical and Basic Health Technology, National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD), Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia
Health Emergencies Supply Chain Technologist, Adjunct Faculty at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr Enrique Amar Tayag
Department of Health, Philippines
Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda
Sonam Wangchuk
Head, Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Bhutan
Advisory Group reports
Meetings of the Advisory Group are convened typically twice a year. The meeting reports summarize discussions and list recommendations to the Director-General. The PIP Advisory Group also produces an Annual Report to the Director-General on the functioning of the PIP Framework.
Advisory Group reports prior to 2017 can be found here.