Who to Vaccinate First? A Peek at Decision-Making in a Pandemic

July 12, 2022

(Nature) – The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) — a team of around 15 public-health physicians, epidemiologists and other specialists — has been making recommendations to the World Health Organization (WHO) about who should receive what vaccines since 1999. But in early 2020, the group faced its most daunting challenge yet. As the world reeled from overwhelmed health systems, lockdowns and closed schools and businesses, SAGE had to advise the WHO on how its 194 member states should deploy what would initially be a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines. (Read More)