WHO train the trainer workshop: developing national deployment and vaccination plans (NDVP) for pandemic influenza vaccines, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 September 2019

Overview

A three-day workshop was held by WHO from 10-12 September 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, to familiarize participants with the key issues surrounding country preparedness for influenza vaccine deployment in the event of an influenza pandemic.

The main objective of the workshop was to create a pool of experts that would be able to support their own, and other, countries to develop national pandemic preparedness plans, and for participants to become educators and spread the word about the need for countries to be prepared for a pandemic.

A further objective was to establish an expert network and share practices in an effort to enrich responses in case of pandemic and to provide a platform for the group to exchange materials and information on pandemic preparedness.