Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 4–5 December 2019

The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999 to provide independent, authoritative, scientific advice to WHO on vaccine safety issues of global or regional concern. The Committee examined data on the safety of vaccines against rotavirus, Ebola virus and human papilloma viruses. It also reviewed 2 generic issues: updating of the global vaccine safety strategy and case reviews of communications on vaccine safety.