[3] To ensure that the government gives proper attention to NITAG recommendations, the committee typically reports to high-level officials within the Ministry of Health.
These recommendations are further interpreted at the country level by NITAGs, as they must consider factors such as local disease epidemiology, the acceptability of vaccination strategies to local populations, equity within the population, and programmatic and financial constraints.
[5] The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) called for all 194 member countries to establish, or have access to, a NITAG by 2020.
[6] There are no fixed rules regarding the total number of NITAG members, as this depends on local factors such as the need for geographic representation, the country's size, and the availability of resources.
[3] NITAG members usually consist of multidisciplinary experts, representing a broad range of skills and expertise in areas such as clinical medicine (paediatrics and adolescent medicine, adult medicine, geriatrics), epidemiologists, infectious diseases specialists, microbiologists, public health, immunology, vaccinology, immunization programme, health systems and delivery, clinical research and health economics.