Weekly epidemiological record, 2001, vol. 76, 12 (full issue)

Overview

The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999 by WHO to respond promptly, efficiently, independently (of WHO), and with scientific rigor to vaccine safety issues of potential global importance.

Contents of this report include: 

- Outbreak news

- Causality assessment of adverse events following immunization

- Roll Back Malaria – Progress report (Part II)

- Influenza

- International Health Regulations

- WHO websites on infectious diseases