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Capacity building in Good Clinical Practice and Bioethics

Before a new vaccine is introduced in a developing country, it should be tested in representative populations using relevant schedules and endpoints. Furthermore, some vaccines are only likely to be required “and hence evaluated for efficacy” in developing countries. All vaccine trials should meet Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and ethical and applicable regulatory requirements. However, most institutes and clinical sites located in developing countries with a high prevalence of diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis or AIDS, have no experience in GCP, nor the capacity to conduct good quality trials or ethical reviews. Capacity building for research institutes in developing countries to conduct such trials is therefore a priority.

:: Ethical Aspects

:: IVR Clinical Trials Database

!NEW!Tables Malaria updated 29 October 2008
:: Updated tables on clinical and pre-clinical development of malaria vaccines
:: Tables on the Clinical trials of pandemic influenza prototype vaccines
:: NFID -Twelfth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, Baltimore 27-29 April 2009


Immunization, Vaccines & Biologicals

WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Initiative

WHO Bulletin - Vaccinating against cervical cancer

IVR Global Vaccine Research Forum

Meetings

Current Status of Vaccines in Development [pdf 85kb]

Global Pandemic Influenza Action Plan to Increase Vaccine Supply [520kb]
Contact us

For information on vaccination requirements for international travellers, please visit the WHO international travelers pages

Initiative for Vaccine Research
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
World Health Organization (WHO)
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (22) 791 43 95
Fax: +41 (22) 791 48 60
Email: VaccineResearch@who.int


Meetings/Workshops/Consultations
11 October 2005