Vaccine Safety

GACVS COVID-19 Vaccine Safety subcommittee meeting to review reports of deaths of very frail elderly individuals vaccinated with Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2

The GACVS COVID-19 Vaccine Safety subcommittee met virtually on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, to review available information and data on deaths reported in frail, elderly individuals who had received the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, BNT162b2 (hereafter, BNT162b2).

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Source: WHO

Uploaded: January 22, 2021

Author: Dr. May Montellano, MD

Source: The Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV)

Uploaded: April 30, 2020

Lecturer: Dr. Salvacion Gatchalian

Source: PIDSP Philippines

Date: February 10, 2017

Link: https://youtu.be/x3m6A0tUAjk

Author: Dr. Bettina Santos, MD, FPIDSP

Source: The Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV)

Uploaded: April 15, 2020

The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), an independent expert clinical and scientific advisory body, provides WHO with scientifically rigorous advice on vaccine safety issues of potential global importance. GACVS held its 38th meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on 6-7 June 2018. The Committee discussed 2 vaccine safety issues: pharmacovigilance in the RTS,S malaria vaccine pilot study and data on dengue vaccine from the Philippines. It also reviewed three generic issues: progress in the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative (GVSI), communication about vaccine safety and new developments in the Vaccine Safety Net (VSN).


Uploaded: May 6, 2019

Source: WHO GACVS

Link: https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/June_2018/en/

Vaccine-safety-E-course-manual.pdf

Vaccine Safety E-Course

10 MB PDF

Uploaded: March 8, 2020

Author: World Health Organization (WHO)

Source: https://vaccine-safety-training.org/

This short video, shown as a #throwback social media content to drum up the World Immunization Week 2019 celebration, describes the success of vaccination in eradicating polio.

The video is told in the point-of-view of the Philippines context. The Philippines was certified polio-free since year 2000, yet the threat of this paralyzing disease still remains. As long as poliovirus transmission happens elsewhere in the world, all other children remain at risk. The video calls that all children in communities should complete their polio vaccines.

Facebook Video

Uploaded: June 26, 2019

Source: WHO Philippines

Link: https://www.facebook.com/whophilippines/videos/518889565181924/

This short video, shown as a #throwback social media content to drum up the World Immunization Week 2019 celebration, describes the success of vaccination in the global eradication of smallpox.

It features a piece of public health history in the Philippines, when the smallpox vaccines first arrived in the country during the Spanish colonial period.

Through a global vaccination programme, smallpox was officially declared as eradicated in 1979.

Facebook Video

Uploaded: June 26, 2019

Source: WHO Philippines

Link: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=370986080423607