THE PROJECT
In the years 2006-2008 the Vaccine European New Integrated
Collaboration Effort (VENICE) project, sponsored by EC-DG SANCO,
was performed. This European project involved all 27 EU member states
and two EEA/EFTA countries (Iceland and Norway) and represented the
first step to promote and share knowledge and best practices in
vaccination among European states.
VENICE have had a relevant impact in the Union: a collaborative
European network of experts working in immunization programmes was
created; a common interest in sharing experience and expertise in theme
of vaccination was documented; tools and procedures to facilitate
exchanges were designed; relevant information on immunization
programmes, adverse events surveillance systems, vaccine coverage
assessment were collected; the process of introduction of two recently
licensed vaccines, HPV and rotavirus vaccination, was monitored.
In order to go on this successful experience, a new European project
was committed and founded by ECDC: VENICE II started in December 2008
with the general aim to collect and share information on the national
vaccination programmes through a network of professionals and to build
up a knowledge base endeavouring to improve the overall performance of
the immunisation systems. The project will also provide information on
the impact of newly introduced vaccinations in selected member states
and will collect information at sub national level for selected
vaccination programmes.
All the 29 countries, who participated to the previous project,
will be invited to take part to VENICE II; the previous results have
been incorporated; the working network of experts will be maintained in
order to go on working together toward a European common vaccination
policy.
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