Guide to active vaccine safety surveillance: Report of CIOMS working group on vaccine safety – executive summary

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 35; no. 32; pp. 3917 - 3921
• Main Authors: Heininger, U, Holm, K, Caplanusi, I, Bailey, S.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 13.07.2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Active surveillance; Adverse event of specific interest; Allergy and Immunology; Councils; Dengue fever; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - epidemiology; Ethics; Humans; Immunization; International organizations; Malaria; Patient safety; Pharmacology; Pharmacovigilance; Resource-limited countries; Reviews; Safety; Studies; Surveillance; Vaccine safety; Vaccines; Vaccines - administration & dosage; Vaccines - adverse effects; Vector-borne diseases; Viral diseases; Viruses; Working groups; Working Group on Vaccine Safety; Vaccine safety; National Regulatory Agency; AVSS; RLCs; AESIs; WG; adverse events of specific interest; essential vaccine information source list; Active surveillance; AEFIs; EVI; Adverse event of specific interest; adverse events following immunization; resource-limited countries; NRA; CIOMS; Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences; Active Vaccine Safety Surveillance; Resource-limited countries
• ISSN: 0264-410X; 1873-2518
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.033

Highlights • Surveillance of vaccine safety is paramount for national immunization programs. • A guide was developed to help dealing with active vaccine safety surveillance. • Resource-limited countries should be prepared for safety concern with new vaccines. • We provide guidance when and how to undertake active vaccine safety surveillance.