WHO activities

Current activities

There are currently a number of ongoing WHO activities concerning Immunization safety that started only recently. More information on these activities will be published as and when available.

Activities currently in development

• The Global Network for Post-Surveillance of Newly Prequalified Vaccines is a WHO initiative to establish standardized post-marketing surveillance (PMS) of the safety of vaccines that are newly pre-qualified and introduced, or expanded, into routine immunization programmes.
  
  
• The Global Vaccine Safety Blueprint Project is a WHO-led study of the current performance of vaccine pharmacovigilance systems in low- and middle-income countries, and of existing inter-country and global support mechanisms, with the aim of developing a broad strategic collaborative approach to assist all countries reach a minimal level of capacity.

• Global Vaccine Safety Blueprint Project

Past activities

A selection of completed and past activities related to immunization safety

• Immunization Safety Priority Project (ISPP)
• Safe injections

Last updated: 20 April 2010