Partner Organisations
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The Vaccine Safety Initiative has a 10-year track record implementing successful training courses for medical students and healthcare professionals in different EU Member States. Following the circular learning model, vaccine education should start early, for example with courses in media literacy as developed by VIVI for first-semesters entitled ‘Vaccine risk benefit, what’s in the media and what does the scientific literature teach us?’ allowing students to identify online disinformation. For students taking classes in family medicine and paediatrics, ‘hands-on' training should be provided in injection techniques and the accurate documentation of immunization events. Modules for senior students and residents included four-week electives offering supervised vaccine consultations, e-learning methodologies, multi-source evaluation, and objective structured clinical examination and OSCE stations. Multiple doctoral students have worked and currently work with VIVI while completing their dissertations on vaccine safety, disease surveillance, vaccine hesitancy, quality improvement, health economics, laboratory medicine, infectious diseases, regulatory science, clinical research, and bioethics. VIVI contributes regularly to continuing medical education (CME) activities during medical and scientific conferences, and the co-creation of online video content and practice-oriented media training based on the principles of adult learning.
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The European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) was founded in 1961. Its members include national paediatric societies from over 40 countries across Europe (28 European Union countries, 4 European Economic Area (EEA) countries and 9 non-EU countries) as well as all 14 UEMS recognised European paediatric subspecialty societies and observer countries. EAP is also the official paediatric section of the European Union of Medical Specialists (www.uems.eu) that is formally linked with the European Commission and Member State Institutions and is responsible for developing European training standards in paediatrics and paediatric subspecialties. All countries of the European Region plus Israel are full voting members of the EAP. The European Board of Paediatrics (EBP) is embedded within the EAP and aims to maintain the highest possible standards of paediatric training across Europe. The EBP will contribute an established group working towards compatible training content and criteria across Europe. The EAP is a strong advocate for vaccination and best practice standards.
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Advisory Board
The Advisory board will include representatives of the European Commission (e.g. DG Santé/ CHAFEA) and the three Co-chairs for the Coalition for Vaccination [currently the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU), and the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN)].
On a regular basis, the project team will reach out to additional external advisors drawing from established liaisons at ViVI and EAP with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), the European Medicines agency (EMA), the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) , the International Pediatric Association (IPA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America/Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (IDSA/PIDS), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (ISIRV), the World Health Organization (WHO) and WHO/Europe, the European Midwives Association, and various patient/parent advocacy groups.
On a regular basis, the project team will reach out to additional external advisors drawing from established liaisons at ViVI and EAP with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), the European Medicines agency (EMA), the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) , the International Pediatric Association (IPA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America/Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (IDSA/PIDS), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (ISIRV), the World Health Organization (WHO) and WHO/Europe, the European Midwives Association, and various patient/parent advocacy groups.
