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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-NIH, 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, 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

United States of America

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
  • Brighton Collaboration
  • 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
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
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