The
IEAG meets on a periodic basis, the frequency being determined
by the status of polio eradication in India. Meetings occur
more frequently when urgent decisions must be made regarding
matters such as acceleration of supplementary immunization
activities, modifications in surveillance policies, or changing
approaches to programme communications and social mobilization.
India
Expert Advisory Group Members
Dr
R N Basu – Chairman – (former) Director,
National Institute of Communicable Disease, New Delhi, India.
(Former) National Program Manager, Smallpox Eradication
Program, India
Prof
N K Ganguly, Director General, Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India
Dr
Lalit Kant, Senior Deputy Director General, ICMR, New
Delhi, India
Dr
Jagadish Deshpande, Director, Enterovirus Research Centre
(Global Reference Laboratory, WHO Global Poliovirus Laboratory
Network), Mumbai, India
Dr
Bruce Aylward, Coordinator, Global Polio Eradication Initiative,
WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
Mr
Chris Maher, Deputy Coordinator, Global Polio Eradication
Initiative, WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr
T Jacob John, (former) Professor and head, Department
of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu.
Dr
Steve Cochi, Acting Director, National Immunization Program,
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA,
USA
Dr
Olen Kew, Team Leader, Molecular Virology (Polio) Laboratory,
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA,
USA
Dr Naveen Thacker, Convener, Polio Eradication Committee,
Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Nitin K. Shah, President, Indian Academy of Paediatrics
Mr
Carl Tinstman, (former) Principal Advisor, Polio Eradication,
UNICEF/WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr
RN Srivastava, Former Professor of Pediatrics, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Past President of
Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Presently Consultant Pediatrician,
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
Dr
Subhash Salunke, Director General of Health Services,
Government of Maharashtra, India
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