The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999 to respond promptly, efficiently, and with scientific rigour to vaccine safety issues of potential global importance.
Members of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
The members of the Committee are acknowledged experts from around the world in the fields of epidemiology, statistics, paediatrics, internal medicine, pharmacology and toxicology, infectious diseases, public health, immunology and autoimmunity, drug regulation and safety. The members currently work for, or have retired from, organizations such as governmental agencies, public health institutes, drug regulation agencies, medical research institutes and universities. Their involvement in the Committee is, however, strictly in their individual capacities.