WHO lists websites for vaccine data quoting : Telegraph - Calcutta

"Every day, misinformation about vaccines continues to proliferate on the Internet," Isabelle Sahinovic, the Vaccine Safety Net's coordinator at the WHO said in a media release. The Vaccine Safety Net has an evaluation team that uses a set of 34 criteria to assess a website and reviews each website every two years. Websites with information on vaccines must be transparent in making public who owns, manages, and pays for the content they host, and also have processes in place to validate the sources of information they publish, according to Vaccine Safety Net. The Indian website maintained by the vaccine and immunisation panel contains the full schedule of immunisation recommended for children, as well as channels for healthcare professionals and general public. An estimated 41 crore children between the ages of nine months and 15 years are expected to receive the measles-rubella vaccine over the next 18 months.




WHO's Vaccine Safety Net, a global network of vaccine safety websites, aims to do just this. It is estimated that more than 173 million users every month access VSN websites that contain, among other information, credible vaccine safety information. It is currently piloting the process for reviewing Facebook pages to help get trustworthy vaccine safety messages to more diverse audiences. In recent years a number of websites providing unbalanced, misleading, and alarming vaccine safety information have been established, prompting a wave of undue fears. Check the source: WHO-validated websites provide trustworthy information on vaccine safetyMarch 2017When people need advice about topics like health, careers, or relationships, the first place they often look is the internet.

Many websites providing 'misleading' vaccine safety info: WHO

In recent years a number of websites providing "unbalanced, misleading, and alarming" vaccine safety information have been established, prompting fear, the WHO said. The global health body said every month around 173 million users access VSN websites that contain, among other information, credible vaccine safety information. It is currently piloting the process for reviewing Facebook pages so that trustworthy vaccine safety messages reach diverse audiences, the WHO said. WHO evaluates websites using criteria defined by the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety. VSN, a global network of vaccine safety portals which aims to provide credible vaccine safety information, has 47 member websites in 12 languages, including one of Indian Academy of Paediatrics' (IAP) Advisory Committee On Vaccines and Immunisation Practices (ACVIP).



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