Abstract

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization held an extraordinary meeting on 7 May 2024 on ebola vaccines. This report summarizes the discussions, conclusions and recommendations.

It covered the following items:

  • Background
  • Vaccines
  • Vaccination in the context of outbreaks
  • Revaccination
  • Preventive vaccination in the absence 
  • of outbreaks
  • Health-care and front-line workers
  • Survivors and close contacts of survivors
  • Vaccine stockpile
  • Research priorities
  • Meeting report
  • Ebola