Report of the 7th Global Vaccine Safety Initiative (GVSI) meeting

Overview

The seventh meeting of the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative (GVSI) was held in Santiago, Chile from 8 to 9 October 2018, hosted by the Institute of Public Health of Chile, together with the Ministry of Health. It gathered more than 100 participants from immunization programs and regulatory agencies from all WHO regions, technical agencies, donors and industry. The meeting was geared towards innovations in vaccine pharmacovigilance in preparation for the post-2020 WHO immunization strategy.

Highlights included understanding global transitions that will affect immunization programs and vigilance, progress with global vaccine pharmacovigilance, and collaborative models between public and private sectors.