The Global Vaccine Safety Initiative: enhancing vaccine pharmacovigilance capacity at country level

Large-scale immunization programmes now extend to all parts of the world, including least developed countries, where they reach unprecedented numbers of people. The number of vaccine doses administered worldwide continues to increase as new vaccines are developed and made available, and more people...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2014-09, Vol.92 (9), p.695-696
Main Authors: MAURE, Christine G, DODOO, Alexander N, BONHOEFFER, Jan, ZUBER, Patrick L. F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
Biological and medical sciences
Collaboration
Communities
Diseases
Dosage and administration
General aspects
Global Health
Health
Health surveillance
High income
Humans
Hypothesis testing
Immunization
Immunization Programs
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Patient Safety
Pharmacovigilance
Prevention and actions
Product safety
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality management
Regulation
Safety
Strategy
Strengthening
Studies
Surveillance
Vaccines
Vaccines - standards
Working groups
World Health Organization
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Summary:Large-scale immunization programmes now extend to all parts of the world, including least developed countries, where they reach unprecedented numbers of people. The number of vaccine doses administered worldwide continues to increase as new vaccines are developed and made available, and more people have access to immunization services. Development of immunization programmes in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) has increased immunization coverage, which in turn has led to a reduction in vaccine-preventable diseases. However, as vaccine use has increased in LMICs, so has public attention to vaccine safety issues, as happened previously in high-income countries. The Decade of Vaccines aims to increase coordination within the vaccine community worldwide. The Global Vaccine Action Plan includes a vaccine safety strategy, the Global Vaccine Safety Blueprint. Capacity development at country level is the main guiding principle of the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative. The initiative is aligned with other related WHO capacity-building efforts, including the strengthening of immunization programmes and national regulatory authorities.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.14.138875