New Platform: COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination explained
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In collaboration with WHO/Europe, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Vaccine Safety, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, has developed an online platform to answer key questions from health care professionals and the general public on COVID-19 vaccines. This new online platform offers an evolving library of videos, podcasts and texts in English, Spanish and Russian, with other languages under development.
The materials are part of joint efforts by WHO and the WHO Collaborating Centre to ensure that health workers are well prepared to make decisions for themselves and to advise and inform the public about COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination.
Visit: www.covid19infovaccines.com
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Covid-19 vaccines and vaccination explained – Introduction
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European Immunization Week 2021
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26th April - 2 May 2021
Every year, the WHO European Region marks European Immunization Week (EIW) to promote immunization as vital to preventing diseases and protecting life. This year EIW will celebrate the role of immunization in protecting good health for all throughout life with the tagline: Vaccines bring us closer. EIW will be used to:
- celebrate vaccination as an essential tool in efforts to end the pandemic
- increase trust in COVID-19 vaccines
- underline the importance of continuing routine immunizations during the pandemic
- focus on global solidarity
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As of 18 March, 4 paralytic cases of children infected with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) have been reported in Tajikistan, with several cVDPV2 cases detected in community and close contacts.
The GACVS COVID-19 subcommittee met virtually on 16 and 19 March 2021 to review available information and data on thromboembolic events (blood clots) and thrombocytopenia (low platelets) after vaccination with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Based on a careful scientific review of the available information, the subcommittee came up with conclusions and recommendations on use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
In Serbia, more than 1 million people, or over 13% of the country’s population, have now been vaccinated against the virus responsible for COVID-19. This early success provides a strong foundation for the broader population-wide campaign yet to come.
On 4 March, the Republic of Moldova became the first country in the WHO European Region to receive vaccines as part of the COVAX Facility global procurement mechanism.
An unprecedented readiness drill was conducted in the Republic of Moldova in preparation for the arrival of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines.
The European Union (EU) and WHO/Europe will work together in a major effort to support deployment of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination in the six EU Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. The project, funded by the EU and implemented by the Regional Office, will cover all phases of COVID-19 vaccine deployment and vaccination and serve as a major investment to strengthen routine immunization systems in the six countries.
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PUBLICATIONS
Epidata 1/2021
EpiData provides a monthly overview of surveillance data on selected vaccine-preventable diseases reported by Member States in the European Region. EpiData 1/2021 covers data for the period January—December 2020.
EpiBrief 1/2021
This issue of WHO Epi-Brief provides an overview of selected epidemiological characteristics of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region based on monthly surveillance data for the period January - December 2020.
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