Vaccine Safety Net
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.1)
- 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
- Catharina de Kat - Web and Information Officer, WHO Europe
- Dr. Jane Gidudu - Vaccine Safety Officer - Global Immunization Division, CDC, USA
- Cherstyn Hurley - Immunisation Publications Manager, 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
- Caring for Kids (CfK), Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
United States of America
- Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1)
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