====== Vaccine Safety Net ======

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**Vaccine Safety Net** is a network of websites that provides [[vaccine]] information that is deemed “reliable” by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO). It is run by The [[Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety]] (GACVS).

===== Advisory Group =====

The VSN Advisory Group and Secretariat is made up of [[public health]] and pro-immunization member organizations from across the world.((World Health Organization (WHO). //VSN Secretariat and Advisory Group.// Vaccine Safety Net. Retrieved December 12, 2021, from https://www.vaccinesafetynet.org/vsn-secretariat-and-advisory-group))

  * Dr. [[Ewa Augustynowicz]] - Head of the Laboratory of Sera and Vaccines Evaluation, [[National Institute of Public Health]], Warsaw, Poland
  * [[Isabella Ballalai]] - President of [[Brazilian Immunization Society]] (SBIm), Brazil
  * [[Lucie Marisa Bucci]] - Senior Manager, [[Immunize Canada]], [[Canadian Public Health Association]], Canada
  * [[Catharina de Kat]] - Web and Information Officer, WHO Europe
  * Dr. [[Jane Gidudu]] - Vaccine Safety Officer - Global Immunization Division, [[center_for_disease_control_and_prevention|CDC]], USA
  * [[Cherstyn Hurley]] - Immunisation Publications Manager, [[:public_health_agencies:Public Health England]], UK
  * [[Diamantis Klimentidis]] - Clinical Pharmacist, Owner and Chief Editor - [[Clinicalpharmacist.gr]], Greece
  * Dr. [[Smaragda Lamprianou]] - Medical & Scientific Lead
  * [[Lisa Menning]] - Technical Officer, WHO, Geneve - Switzerland
  * [[Yvonne Morrissey]] - Communications Manager - [[HSE National Immunisation Office]], Ireland
  * [[Tina Purnat]] - Technical Officer – Digital Health Technologies, WHO HQ
  * [[Isabelle Sahinovic]] - VSN Coordinator
  * [[Craig Thompson]] - Immunization Director - [[British Columbia Ministry of Health]], Canada
  * [[Shannon Turner]] - VSN Advisory Group Chair
  * [[Elisabeth Wilhelm]] - Health Communications Specialist - CDC, USA
  * [[Brian Yau]] - Promotion & Engagement Lead

===== Member Organizations =====

==== Canada ====

  * [[CANImmunize]]
  * [[CANVax]]
  * [[Caring for Kids]] (CfK), [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] (CPS)
  * [[Health Canada]]
  * [[I Boost Immunity]]
  * [[ImmunizeBC]]
  * [[Immunize Canada]]
  * [[Kids Boost Immunity]]
  * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]]
  * [[Public Health Ontario]]
  * [[Vaccines4Life]]

==== United States of America ====

  * [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP)
  * [[Brighton Collaboration]]
  * [[center_for_disease_control_and_prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)
  * [[Families Fighting Flu]]
  * [[Immunization Academy]]
  * [[Immunization Action Coalition]] (IAC)
  * [[Immunization Advocates]]
  * [[Immunize Colorado]]
  * [[Institute for Vaccine Safety]], [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]]
  * [[National Foundation for Infectious Diseases]] (NFID)
  * [[HistoryofVaccines.com]] ([[College of Physicians of Philadelphia]])
  * Vaccine Education Center at the [[Children's Hospital of Philadelphia]]