VACSATC - Oltásbiztonság

As  central office, the National Public Health Center is a national budgetary authority that performs public health, epidemiological, health promotion and occupational health tasks, operates microbiological reference and environmental health laboratories and coordinates health administration. Headed by Chief Medical Officer under the direction of the Minister for Health.

Website: http://www.nrvs.info/ 

Country: Hungary

Last evaluation: 2020

Website audience(s): 

General public, healthcare professionals, media

Description of the website

The website of VACSATC-Oltásbiztonság is a member of the WHO-led project Vaccine Safety Net (VSN).

"Oltásbiztonság" (i.e. vaccine safety) is an open access website which aims to provide reliable and evidence-based information on vaccines, safe immunization and immunization practices.

The website contains information targeted at parents and the general public on vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization for children and adults. For health-care professionals, it presents the national immunization schedule, information on bacterial and viral vaccines registered both in Hungary and centrally by the European Union, vaccine-related news of interest, and information on courses and conferences.

Detailed information on registered vaccines can be accessed through hyperlinks to the database of the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition. The protocol and reporting schemes of the National Surveillance System for Adverse Events Following Immunization are also published on the site.

Website’s sponsorship policy

The Governmental background does not allow sponsorship.

Website’s content or editorial policy

Materials on the site are prepared by experts of the National Public Health Center (Nemzeti Népegészségügyi központ, NNK) and reviewed by professionals in the fields of vaccine control, microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology

The news section is updated when relevant news becomes available, with all site content reviewed in details as needed.

Visit  Vaccine Safety Net portal; with live news from the VSN members and other VSN related information and resources.