WHO Position Papers: GACVS Meetings

GACVS: 21st Meeting, December 3-4, 2009
The committee reviewed the safety of pandemic A (H1N1) influenza vaccines and the safety profile of a meningococcus A conjugate vaccine that will soon be deployed in sub-Saharan Africa. The committee also discussed the use of BCG vaccine in areas with a high prevalence of infection with HIV and reviewed progress with global monitoring of adverse events following immunization.

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GACVS: 20th Meeting, June 17-18, 2009
The Committee reviewed the safety profile of a malaria vaccine entering phase III clinical development, updated the safety profiles of rotavirus and human paillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, discussed preparedness for novel influenza virus vaccines and completed a review of the safety of measles vaccines in persons infected with HIV.

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GACVS: 19th Meeting, December 17-18, 2008
Issues discussed included: Safety profiles of rotavirus vaccines and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, discussed several vaccine safety alerts in immunization programs supported by WHO, and reviewed the progress of its support programs.

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GACVS Response: October 2008
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety: response to the paper (in press) by Y. Mikaeloff and colleagues in Neurology entitled "Hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of CNS inflammatory demyelination in childhood"

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GACVS: 18th Meeting, June 18-19, 2008
Issues discussed included: yellow fever vaccines; more studies and enhanced surveillance to better understand the relative risks and benefits of vaccination against yellow fever; and the alleged association between vaccination and progression of inherited mitochondrial diseases.

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GACVS: 17th Meeting, December 12-13, 2007
Issues discussed included: Guillain-Barré Syndrome and vaccination; and hepatitis B vaccination and rheumatoid arthritis.

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GACVS: 16th Meeting, June 12-13, 2007
Issues discussed included: statements on Menactra update, monitoring vaccine safety, safety of BCG, and safety of rotavirus vaccine.

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GACVS: 15th Meeting, November 29-30, 2006
Issues discussed included: Monitoring vaccine safety; report of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization; safety of vaccine formulations; vaccinating adolescents and young adults: problems with coincidental pathologies and safety assessments; safety of mumps vaccine strains; safety of BCG vaccine in HIV-infected children; update on Menactra and Guillain-Barré syndrome; pandemic influenza vaccines; safety of Japanese encephalitis vaccination in India; safety of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

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GACVS: 14th Meeting, June 6-7, 2006
Issues discussed included: Vaccine safety monitoring and the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring; post-marketing surveillance of rotavirus vaccines; safety of squalene; Immunogenic overload; safety of pandemic influenza vaccines; safety issues of varicella vaccines; modus operandi of the Committee and additional information.

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GACVS: 13th Meeting, December 1-2, 2005
Issues discussed included: Statements on pandemic influenza vaccine, adjuvants, rotavirus vaccine, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and measles vaccine, chronic fatigue syndrome and hepatitis B vaccine, conjugate meningococcal vaccine and Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and an update on the Vaccine Safety Net project.

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GACVS: 12th Meeting, June 9-10, 2005
Issues discussed included: Statements on mouse brain-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine, safety of SA 14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis vaccine, isoniazid resistance of bacilli Calmette-Guerin strains, international drug monitoring, thimerosal, safety of hexavalent vaccines, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and measles vaccination, and national regulatory authorities planning workshops.

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GACVS: 11th Meeting, December 2-3, 2004
Issues discussed included: Statements on the safety of adjuvants, thimerosal, residual cellular DNA in vaccines, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, potential risk of vaccines produced in yeast, safety of hexavalent vaccines, and yellow fever vaccine.

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GACVS: 10th Meeting, June 10-11, 2004
Issues discussed included: Statements on the safety of adjuvants, dengue vaccine safety, and effect of DTP vaccination on child survival.

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GACVS: 9th Meeting, December 3-4, 2003
Issues discussed included: Statements on intranasal influenza virus vaccine, influenza vaccines and neurological complications, influenza vaccination of women during pregnancy, safety issues in the poliomyelitis eradication campaign, and more.

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GACVS: 8th Meeting, June 11-12, 2003
Issues discussed included: Adverse events following mumps vaccination; safety of smallpox vaccines; safety of BCG vaccination in immunocompromised individuals; thimerosal.

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GACVS: 7th Meeting, December 16-17, 2002
Issues discussed included: MMR and autism; oculorespiratory syndrome; hepatitis B vaccination and leukaemia.

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GACVS: 6th Meeting, June 20-21, 2002
Issues discussed included: Safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines; Hepatitis B vaccine and leukaemia; hepatitis B vaccine and multiple sclerosis; aluminum-containing vaccines and macrophagic myofasciitis; Bell palsy following intranasal vaccination; potential adverse impact of routine vaccination on child survival.

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GACVS:5th Meeting, March 23, 2001
Issues discussed included: Causality assessment of adverse events following immunization.

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GACVS: 1st Meeting, September 14-15, 1999
Issues discussed included: About GAVCS; macrophagic myofasciitis and aluminum-containing vaccines.

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