European Immunization Week

European Immunization Week ( EIW ) is an annual, by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO / Europe) coordinated regional initiative. The EIW will take place over the period of a week in April each year. The motto of EIW is: an ounce of prevention. Shooters. Seeding. Among the partner organizations involved in the EIW include UNICEF, the World Bank, the Measles Initiative and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Activities

EIW activities are carried out by the participating countries (Member States ) of the WHO European Region. In the past, these included the following measures: the dissemination of information materials about vaccinations, organizing vaccination campaigns, the organization of training courses for health professionals, the planning of workshops or conferences with policy makers to discuss vaccination issues and the organization of press conferences to impfbezogenen topics. The initiative has spread from the Americas and Europe to a global vaccination campaign ( Weltimpfwoche ).

Objective

The initiative promotes the message that the vaccination of every child is vital to ensuring prevent disease and protect life. According to WHO / Europe, the EIW has three objectives: to increase the vaccination coverage across the entire European region by public awareness is raised about the benefits of immunization; the national immunization systems to promote; and to provide a framework for mobilizing public and political support in favor of vaccination efforts.

Patron of the EIW

Mary of Denmark is the Patron of the WHO Regional Office for Europe and in this capacity participated in activities related to the European Immunization Week. To kick off the EIW 2008, she explained, " Every child has a right to grow up healthy and to be vaccinated against diseases that can be fight so easily. I hope that the countries are converging within the region quickly and effectively to children and adults, particularly members of vulnerable and hard to reach groups, access to immunization and basic health care services received. "

European Impfwochen

European Immunization Week 2014

The EIW 2014 will take place between April 26, 2014 22. This year 's activities are grouped under the EIW motto "prevention, protect, vaccinate " focus on the lifelong vaccine protection: in infancy, childhood, adolescence, in adulthood, as parents and in old age.

European Immunization Week 2013

The EIW 2013 took place on April 27 from 22. In addition to activities designed to raise awareness among the public, organized by each Member State, made ​​a number of guest bloggers posts to the website of EIW campaign, and also information materials were published in the Immunization Resource Centre on the website of the WHO / Europe. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Patron of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, commented on the support of the European Immunization Week and the Weltimpfwoche on a video message. The Narrative Report EIW 2013 provides a summary of activities during European Immunization Week 2013.

European Immunization Week 2012

In 2012, the European Immunization Week from 21 to 27 was. April held. For the first time participated in all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region and taught a wide range of awareness-raising activities on the subject of vaccinations.

European Immunization Week 2011

European Immunization Week 2011 was held from 23 - 30th April. In the wake of polio outbreaks in the European region in 2010, WHO / Europe chose the theme " Shared solutions to common threats " to clarify that general threats can only be addressed with common solutions. The outbreaks showed very clearly that in the case of a distribution of vaccine-preventable diseases cause joint limits to general threats. One of the best means of combating these threats is to shoulder the responsibility for vaccinations together, especially on the sub-regional level. The EIW 2011 underlined the importance of cooperation and the exchange of both experiences and solutions to keep vaccine-preventable diseases in the European region under control. Of the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region to 52 participating in the European Immunization Week 2011., In its capacity as Special Representative for Immunization of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the regional launch of the initiative attended Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium at.

European Immunization Week 2010

In 2010, the fifth EIW was held until May 1, April 24. Focus of the EIW 2010 was the achievement of the regional target of eliminating measles and rubella by the end. The EIW 2010 coincided with the Immunization Week for the Americas and the Immunization Week in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Of the 52 Member States of the WHO European Region to 47 participating in the initiative.

European Immunization Week 2005-2009

European Immunization Week was initiated with six pilot countries in 2005. The EIW 2009 had a participation of 36 countries in the WHO European Region and offered as a special feature a cartoon on YouTube.