European Vaccination Beyond Covid

The project aims to build and validate implementation plans for Member States (MS) to equip them with operational and technical tools that enhance vaccination practices both in routine vaccination and in case of future outbreaks. Validation will be based upon innovative practices applied in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this objective, the project will retrieve evidence about vaccination practices from literature and implemented activities. These practices will then be mapped according to the public health goals they serve. A subset of reference practices will be identified for validating the implementation plans. Implementation plans will then be formalized, executed, and verified through pilot projects. Five tools have been selected upfront, belonging to five key dimensions: - Medical 'Äì Providing a vaccination decision support system to professionals and patients, - Social 'Äì Screening populations from existing databases for vaccination motivation. - Industrial 'Äì Using neutral packaging with an e-leaflet for flexible vaccine distribution, - Modelling and forecasting 'Äì Generating model-based evidence to predict the impact of interventions, - Digital 'Äì Delivering a portable European digital vaccination card, Each implementation plan defines: - a workplan to deliver necessary organizational, technical, legal, and ethical components of the tool, - when relevant, a specific plan to upgrade the operation mode during outbreaks. - the verification criteria to determine if implementation was effective, - budgetary elements to support the implementation decision. The tools resulting from pilot implementations will then be validated for their adequacy to the selected practices, their transferability and sustainability for MS, and the benefits that would result from their implementation. Finally, the implementation plans, their verification and validation outcomes, and related promotional material will be delivered to MS for further uptake