Report of the meeting of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety and the WHO Advisory Committee on Safety of Medicinal, 13–15 November 2023

The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999, and the Advisory Committee on Safety of Medicinal Products (ACSoMP) was established in 2003, to provide independent, authoritative, scientific advice to World Health Organization (WHO), respectively, on vaccines and medicines safety issues of global or regional concern.

The 3-day hybrid meeting of ACSoMP and GACVS, 13–15 November 2023 (with some members meeting in person and others joining online) included topics specific to vaccines safety, pharmacovigilance issues common to both vaccines and medicines, and topics specific to medicines safety. 

A  summary of the presentations and recommendations from the vaccine specific sessions and from sessions of common interest for pharmacovigilance of both medicines and vaccines is provided below.