Terms of Reference for the Immunization and vaccines related implementation research advisory committee (IVIR-AC)

Overview

The Immunization and Vaccines Implementation Research Advisory Committee (IVIR-AC) is a principal advisory group to WHO providing independent appraisal of and advice on implementation research related to vaccines and immunization, to inform public health decisions. It was initially established as the Quantitative Immunization and Vaccines Related Research (QUIVER) advisory committee in 2007 to put modelling evidence into both methodologic context and best practices for the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) and the Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB) Department. Its remit expanded to include other areas of vaccine implementation research such as methods reviews of vaccine value assessments, effectiveness and impact studies.

These Terms of Reference (TOR) update the TORS established in October 2011 (Annex 1).  The update to the TORs were motivated by the need to realign the different committees advising the IVB Department and to specify in more detail the remit of the IVIR-AC committee’s work on implementation research.