Roadmap for introduction and roll‐out of Merck rVSV‐ZEBOV Ebola Virus Disease vaccine in African countries
Revised working paper following AVAREF meeting February 2019
9 June 2019
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Overview
The main purpose of this document is to describe how WHO, working across multiple departments and the three levels of the organization, will coordinate collaboration with EMA, US FDA, the applicant (Merck) and with the Member States National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) to facilitate the introduction and roll‐out of Merck Ebola Vaccine in Africa; to describe the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders – WHO (HQ and AFRO), EMA, US FDA etc., as well as using the African Vaccines Regulators. Forum (AVAREF) as a platform for the development of recommendations of the candidate vaccine for its registration or authorization for use in the target countries.WHO Team
Vaccines & Immunization Devices Assessment (VAX)
Number of pages
10