The French Technical Vaccination Committee (CTV)

The French Technical Vaccination Committee (CTV).

This article describes the make-up and activities of the Technical Vaccination Committee (CTV) that serves as the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) in France. Comprised of a variety of technical experts, the CTV makes recommendations concerning vaccination. The committee functions as an independent expert advisory committee, and its proceedings are confidential, although it...

Report of the Vaccination Committee

The Committee* appointed by the Society beg to present their Report on the evidence which the present state of medical knowledge supplies as to the conditions affecting the protection afforded by vaccination against death-f* by small-pox occurring in persons contracting that disease. In the first instance they desire to cordially thank those medical men who have assisted them to obtain the info...

International Glutamate Technical Committee

While sodium reduction in the diet is an important objective, when salt (NaCl) levels are reduced in foods, its palatability is also generally decreased. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavour enhancer that contains about 12% sodium, which is less than half of that contained in regular table salt at about 39%. Therefore, by the addition of an appropriate amount of MSG, the palatability of low ...

Report by the Committee on Vaccination

Message from the technical program committee chair

The goal of the conference is to present significant research contributions to the field of network protocols. A lot of high-quality papers were submitted to ICNP. This year, totally we received 232 submissions from 24 countries all over the world. Each submission was assigned to three program committee members. The program committee members also met in Chicago to further discuss and make final...