Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 10-11 June 2015

Overview

The Global  Advisory Committee on Vaccine  Safety  (GACVS),  an  independent expert  clinical  and  scientific  advisory body,  provides  WHO  with  scientifically rigorous  advice  on  vaccine  safety  issues  of potential global importance. GACVS held its 32nd meeting  in Geneva,  Switzerland, on 10–11 June 2015.  The Committee examined  WHO’s experience with monitoring the dissemination of  vaccine safety information via the internet and methodological issues related to developing and maintaining information sheets on vaccine safety.  It also reviewed recent data related to the safety of  novel vaccines against Ebola  virus and  dengue  and preparation for the introduction of  a vaccine against malaria.