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Thursday, 25 September 2025
MEDIA ADVISORY
Virtual press conference on the outcomes of the meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)
When: Tuesday, 30 September at 16.00 CEST / 14.00 GMT
Subject: Outcomes and recommendations from the regular meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization  [https://www.who.int/groups/strategic-advisory-group-of-experts-on-immunization](SAGE)
SAGE held its regular biannual meeting [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/09/22/default-calendar/strategic-advisory-group-of-experts-on-immunization-september-2025] from 22 to 25 September 2025 to discuss, among other topics, the current epidemiology of COVID-19 by priority-use groups, vaccine effectiveness and vaccine safety, advances in novel TB vaccine development, and analysis, prioritisation, and policy pathways for novel combination vaccines for endemic pathogens. For more information, please see the agenda [https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/sage25/draft_sage_agenda_sept25_v18sept.pdf?sfvrsn=2726e1b9_1] and the SAGE Yellow Book [https://terrance.who.int/mediacentre/data/sage/SAGE_eYB_Sep2025.pdf] for the September meeting.
Outcomes of those discussions, and SAGE recommendations on strategies and the use of a range of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases, including polio, malaria and human influenza A(H5), will be discussed at the press conference.
Speakers:
Dr Hanna Nohynek, Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)Dr Kate O’Brien, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHODr Joachim Hombach, Senior Health Advisor, WHO and SAGE Executive Secretary
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