Immunisation-vaccination (Reviewed Sept 2023)

  • World Health Organization 's pages on Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB): Topics covered on the site are: immunization standards; vaccine research and development; immunization financing, supply and procurement; immunization safety; immunization service delivery and accelerated disease control; and immunization surveillance, assessment and monitoring.
  • World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe: Computerized Information System for Infectious Diseases (CISID)This is WHO/Europe’s portal to health statistics and to detailed monitoring and assessment tools for key areas of health policy. This link provides access to a broad range of information systems: from international comparisons of aggregate indicators to the results of detailed disease surveillance and the monitoring of specialized areas of health policy. Users can browse the information online and present and analyse it in different formats (in tables, graphs and/or maps). Including epidemiology, vaccination schedule and vaccination coverage.
  • WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system. 2014 global summary.  
  • WHO international travel and health
  • The Division of Vaccines and Immunisation (PAHO) of the Pan American Health Organisation , grown out from the former Special Program on Vaccines and Immunisation, will work towards improving the criteria for the adoption of policies governing immunisation programs, and the development and production of high quality vaccines in the Region.
  • European Immunization week (ECDC)
  • European Immuniation week (WHO)
  • ECDC vaccine scheduler  
  • EUVAC.NET: A surveillance Community network for vaccine-preventable infectious diseases by ECDC.
  • Venice II Vaccine European New Integrated Collaboration Effort.The general objectives are to collect, share and disseminate information on national vaccination programmes through a network of professionals working in the field of vaccination; and to provide information useful to build up methodologies and provide guidance for improving the overall performance of the immunisation systems in the EU/EEA Member States.  
  • CDC Vaccines and immunization  is a part of the CDC with as major objectives: maximum immunization coverage in all populations, establish effective partnerships, conduct reliable scientific research, implement immunization systems and ensure vaccine safety. They have a special programme for children Vaccines for Children (VFP).
  • CDC Travel Information: Reference material for international travel, including vaccine recommendations for travel to various countries.
  • National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and carries out the objectives of the National Vaccine Plan. This site contains information about vaccine preventable diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine coverage, immunization laws, and immunization registries.
  • The National Network for Immunization Information (NNii) provides up-to-date, science-based information to healthcare professionals, the media, and the public: everyone who needs to know the facts about vaccines and immunization. 
  • The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) promotes physician, community, and family awareness of, and responsibility for, appropriate immunization of all children and adults against all vaccine-preventable diseases. This site has a wealth of education materials, including vaccination information sheets in many languages.   
  • Eurosurveillance: is an open-access peer-reviewed journal about infectious diseases surveillance prevention and control in Europe.
  • Vaccine Education Center from the children’s hospital of Philadelphia.