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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, 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

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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