Dengue vaccines: WHO position paper – September 2018
Weekly epidemiological record
Overview
In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO issues a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and combinations of vaccines against diseases that have an international public health impact. These papers are concerned primarily with the use of vaccines in large-scale national immunization programmes. They summarize essential background information on diseases and vaccines and conclude with the current WHO position on the use of vaccines worldwide.
The papers are reviewed by external experts and WHO staff, and reviewed and endorsed by the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization. The GRADE methodology is used to systematically assess the quality of the available evidence. The SAGE decision-making process is reflected in the evidence-to-recommendation tables.
Related materials
Key references to the dengue position paper (2018)
Summary of WHO position paper on dengue vaccines (2018)
Presentation: Summary of key points - WHO position paper on dengue (2018)
Evidence to recommendation Table 1: Consideration of Dengue Vaccine
Evidence to recommendation Table 2: Seroprevalence and screening and vaccination strategy