European vaccination week
The European Immunization Week (EIW) is an annual, by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO / Europe) coordinated regional initiative to the immunization of diseases that can be prevented by vaccination drive. The EIW takes place in April every year over a period of one week. The EIW motto is: Prevention. Protect. Vaccinate.
activities
EIW activities are carried out by the participating countries (Member States) of the WHO Europe region. In the past, this has included: disseminating informational materials about vaccination , organizing vaccination campaigns, providing training for health professionals , planning workshops or conferences with policy-makers to discuss vaccination issues, and holding press conferences on vaccination-related topics . Starting from the whole of America and Europe, the initiative has expanded into a global vaccination campaign (World Vaccination Week).
Goal setting
The initiative promotes the message that vaccinating every child makes a crucial contribution to preventing disease and protecting lives. According to WHO / Europe, EIW has three objectives: to increase vaccination coverage across Europe by raising public awareness of the benefits of immunization ; promote national vaccination systems; and create a framework for mobilizing public and political support for vaccination efforts.
Partner of the EIW
The partner organizations involved in EIW include UNICEF , the World Bank , the Measles & Rubella Initiative and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and Rotary International. Activities at national and local level take place in WHO member states with the involvement of other stakeholders.
Patron of the EIW
Mary of Denmark is the Patron of the WHO Regional Office for Europe and in that capacity participates in activities related to European Immunization Week. At the start of the EIW 2008 she said: “Every child has the right to grow up healthy and to be vaccinated against diseases that are so easy to fight. I hope that countries within the Region will work swiftly and effectively to ensure that children and adults, particularly those of vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups, have access to vaccination and basic health services. "
European vaccination weeks
European Immunization Week 2005-2009
The European Immunization Week was initiated in 2005 with six pilot countries. The EIW 2009 showed participation from 36 countries in the WHO region Europe and, as a special feature, offered a cartoon on YouTube.
European Immunization Week 2010
In 2010 the 5th EIW took place from April 24th to May 1st. EIW 2010 focused on achieving the regional goal of eliminating measles and rubella by the end of the year. The EIW 2010 coincided with the vaccination week for the whole of America and the vaccination week in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Of the 52 Member States in the WHO Europe Region, 47 took part in the initiative.
European Immunization Week 2011
The European Vaccination Week 2011 took place from April 23rd to 30th. In the wake of polio outbreaks in the European Region in 2010, WHO / Europe chose the motto “Shared solutions to common threats” to make it clear that common threats can only be tackled with common solutions. The outbreaks made it very clear that if vaccine-preventable diseases spread, shared boundaries create general threats. One of the best ways to combat these threats is to share responsibility for vaccination, especially at the subregional level. EIW 2011 highlighted the importance of working together and sharing both experiences and solutions to keep vaccine-preventable diseases under control in the European Region. Of the 53 Member States in WHO Europe, 52 participated in European Immunization Week 2011. Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium attended the regional launch of the initiative in her capacity as Special Envoy for Vaccination for the WHO Regional Office for Europe .
European Immunization Week 2012
In 2012, European Immunization Week was held from April 21st to 27th. For the first time ever, all 53 Member States of the WHO Europe region participated and hosted a wide range of vaccination awareness-raising activities.
European Immunization Week 2013
The EIW 2013 took place from April 22nd to 27th. In addition to public awareness-raising activities organized by individual Member States, a number of guest bloggers contributed to the EIW campaign website and information materials were published in the Immunization Resource Center on the WHO / Europe website. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Patron of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, taped a video message in support of European Immunization Week and World Immunization Week. The Narrative Report EIW 2013 provides a summary of the activities during the European Immunization Week 2013.
European Immunization Week 2014
The EIW 2014 took place on April 22nd to 26th, 2014. The activities were summarized under the EIW motto “Prevent, protect, vaccinate” and concentrated on lifelong vaccination protection: in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, as parents and in old age. A summary of the activities that have taken place is available on the WHO / Europe website.
European Immunization Week 2015
The 10th European Vaccination Week under the motto Prevention. Protect. Vaccination took place from April 20th to 25th, 2015.
European Immunization Week 2016
The European Immunization Week 2016 took place from April 24th to 30th, 2016.
European Immunization Week 2017
The European Immunization Week 2017 took place from April 24th to 30th, 2017.
European Immunization Week 2018
The European Vaccination Week 2018 took place from April 23 to 29, 2018.
European Immunization Week 2019
The European Vaccination Week 2019 took place from April 24th to 30th, 2019 under the motto Protected Together, #Vaccines Work (German: Protected together. Vaccinations work ). The aim was to raise awareness of the benefits of vaccinations and to draw attention to the role of the various parties involved in the vaccination process (e.g. parents, health professionals, researchers).
See also
Web links
- European Immunization Week Official Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Europea immunization week. Prevent. Prtect. Immunize. ( Memento of February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on February 11, 2014.
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- ↑ www.euro.who.int accessed on February 12, 2014.
- ↑ Review of the European Vaccination Week 2012 website of the World Health Organization accessed on March 11, 2018.
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- ↑ a b Previous events. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
- ^ European Immunization Week. August 14, 2017, accessed on August 14, 2017 .
- ↑ European Vaccination Week 2019. World Health Organization Europe, accessed on August 23, 2019 .