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As the most important tool of primary prevention, vaccination targets a large number of healthy individuals in each Member State.
National immunization programmes and strategies vary among European countries, instead the impact of a vaccination programme is expected beyond political borders of a state, especially in the EU context of free circulation of persons and potential infectious vehicles.
The Venice project aims to collect, share and disseminate knowledge and best practice in field of vaccination thruough a network of European experts. A strong collaboration among states and a detailed knowledge of the current status of each country's immunisation programmes are essential to reduce the heterogeneity among states and create a common model and common tools.

Click here to look at the timetable of the VENICE II activities with the status of the on-going and planned surveys for 2010 (Last Update 10/08/2010).


  • The new survey on Pandemic flu in collaboration with WHO is open. The objective of the survey is to evaluate and assess the handling and vaccination programmes of the pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 within Europe.The online questionnaire seeks information on vaccination policy and vaccination coverage, communication, and vaccination programme implementation. The online questionnaire is available in the Members Area of the website and the deadline is the 26th of August.(10-08-2010)

  • The new survey on Pneumococcal Vaccination in Europe is open. The aim of the survey is to update information about surveillance and vaccination strategy for pneumococcal disease in European countries; to explore data availability for evaluation of the impact of pneumococcal vaccination programmes and to identify the entity and quality of data which would be available in each member state to perform a new HTA fro this vaccine. The online questionnaire is available in the Members Area of the website and the deadline is the 31th of July.(09-07-2010)

  • The new monitoring survey on Rotavirus vaccination in Europe is open: the online questionnaire is available in the Members Area of the website. The aim of the survey is to follow-up the status of introduction of Rotavirus vaccination into Member States, updating data collected from the previous survey conducted in 2008.The deadline is the 15th of July. (07-07-2010)