After COVID-19 vaccines are introduced into countries, it will be vital to generate real-world data on vaccine effectiveness and vaccine impact, as many questions will remain unanswered by the clinical trials. Studies will likely be done in a variety of countries, in a variety of populations, and using a variety of study designs.
As part of our scoping of the landscape to understand the future availability of data to inform global policy and the gaps that need to be filled, we invite researchers to provide information about their planned work on COVID-19 vaccination effectiveness and/or impact studies.
Data provided will be used by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization to understand what data will be available and when it will be available to update their global policy recommendations.
Initial responses are requested as soon as possible. This will be an ongoing process, where updates can be provided in the future as plans change or studies are implemented.
Basic information such as country of study or study design will be made available through the WHO website to highlight the landscape of studies being undertaken.
Please provide preliminary responses by January 15, 2021. Future requests for information will be posted as we know plans are fluid.
Questions can be addressed to covidve@who.int