ATR on the minutes of last meeting

December 21st 2012 Annual Meeting of IAPCOI,

The City Park Hotel, NCR Delhi

Vipin M. Vashishtha, MD, FIAPConvener, IAPCOI 2011-13

vipinipsita@gmail.com

Main focus:

• Transparency• Changing process of issuing

recommendations: Evidence based process• Code of conduct & conflicts of interest issues• Holistic approach to immunization issues • Developing resources • Meaningful collaboration with academia, GoI,

industry, NGOs, etc

Transparency

• Every agenda, discussion, minutes, proceeding, presentations, etc in public domain

Evidence based recommendations

• A separate subcommittee is formed• Rotavirus was chosen as a first vaccine to issue

EBR• First report on disease burden will be

presented in this meeting

Code of conduct & conflicts of interest issues

• Two separate proformas are developed• Code of conduct for IAPCOI• Self-declaration form for conflict of Interest

S.No

Name Declaration made

Grant Received from

Type of funding Funding source

Declared Amount

Vaccine Advisory board member

Conflicts Present/ Absent *

1 Dr Naveen Thacker

2 Dr A. Parthasharthi

3 Dr Abhay K Shah

4 Dr Monjori Mitra

5 Dr Panna Chaudhary6 Dr Vijay Yewale

7 Dr A J Chitkara

8 Dr Sailesh Gupta9 Dr C P Bansal10 Dr Raju C Shah

11 Dr Nitin Shah

12 Dr S G Kasi

13 Dr Suhas V Prabhu

14 Dr Sanjay Srirampur15 Dr Vipin M Vashishtha

16 Dr Rohit Agarwal17 Dr T U Sukumaran18 Dr R Kundu

DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS FOR IAPCOI Mumbai, August 24 & 25, 2012, Meeting IAPCOI

Holistic approach

• Surveillance subcommittee• AEFI subcommittee• Advocacy to vaccination

VPD surveillance

• Surveillance subcommittee was formed• IDSurv was officially launched• Data was presented in last meeting on 10

VPDs• In the process of updation & publication

AEFI

• Subcommittee was formed • Separate meetings were held even with GoI

reps• AEFI reporting was integrated with IDSurv • Improving vaccination practices to minimize

AEFI (BD’s time motion study)

Advocacy

• Regarding vaccination (parents, pediatricians)• Government campaigns, i.e. measles, polio etc• Ensuring better participation of the

community (ImmunizeIndia project, etc)• Tackling misinformation campaigns: KAP

survey of pediatricians

Resources

Publications: • IAP Textbook on vaccines• Consensus recommendations• Replies to Readers’ queries on immunization

issues (IP, website, e-mails, etc)• Revision of IAP Guidebook on Immunization• Position papers??

IAP Textbook of Vaccines

Editorial Board: • Rohit Agarwal • T.U Sukumaran • Vipin M. Vashishtha • Nitin Shah • Naveen Thacker • A. Parthasarthy • Panna Choudhury • Vijay N. Yewale

IAP Textbook on vaccines

24 chapters already received!!

IAP Immunization Time table

• Now on yearly basis• Utmost importance is given to Govt’s NIP &

vaccination programs

Collaborations:

Other issues:

• Funding • Future of IAPCOI

Thank You!!