The
India Expert Advisory Group was established in May 1999 as
a group of national and international experts on polio eradication,
who would:
Monitor
progress toward polio eradication in India
Provide technical advice to the Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare, Government
of India, on immunization and surveillance activities for
polio eradication and
Monitor
the quality of immunization activities, AFP surveillance and
laboratory performance.
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.