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National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19
Indian advisory committee to provide guidance related to COVID-19 vaccination From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) is an expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), India to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of COVID-19 vaccination. The committee is also responsible for prioritisation of population groups in the country, deciding procurement and inventory management procedure, selection and delivery of vaccines etc.[1]
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Committee
NEGVAC was constituted in mid-2020 and first met on 12 August 2020.[2][3][4] is chaired by member (Health), NITI Aayog, and co-chaired by the secretary of MoHFW. The committee has representative secretaries from:[1]
- Vinod Kumar Paul[3]
- Department of Expenditure
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Health Research
- Department of Pharmaceuticals
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- Members representing five state governments
- Technical experts
Members include Samiran Panda, head of the Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases division in ICMR.[5]
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