The EUVAC-NET project: creation and operation of a surveillance community network for vaccine preventable infectious diseases

EUVAC-Net: the surveillance network for vaccine-preventable diseases is now hosted by ECDC.

The African Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Network: a vaccine advocacy initiative

Achieving high and equitable childhood immunisation coverage in Africa will not only protect children from disability and premature death, it will also boost productivity, reduce poverty and support the economic growth of the continent. Thus, Africa needs innovative and sustainable vaccine advocacy initiatives. One such initiative is the African Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Network, formed in 2...

Vaccine-Preventable Infectious Respiratory Diseases in the Elderly

Contribution of community health workers to surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Obala health district

Introduction: The establishment of effective community-based surveillance is an essential objective of all disease surveillance systems. Several studies and reports have found that the situation is far from optimal in several developing countries such as Cameroon. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study to assess the contribution of community health workers to surveillance of ...

Chapter 20: National Surveillance of Vaccine-preventable Diseases

The national reporting system for infectious diseases in the United States was initially an archival system designed to document trends in disease occurrence rather than to provide epidemiologically important information needed for prevention and control of diseases. As national immunization programs developed, so did the need for surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. The first major su...