WHO contract, SPHQ09- LOA-117 Activity 1.1 Survey of global vaccine safety stakeholders Perform a standardized survey among ministries of health, regulatory authorities, professional organizations, academic institutions and vaccine manufacturers. This qualitative survey will: a. Develop standardized questionnaire (Consultant with Working Group). b. Define selection criteria for survey recipients (Consultant with Collaborative Group). c. Develop the background document for interviewees (Consultant). d. Implement survey (Consultant). e. Analyse data (Consultant). f. Draft report (Consultant with Collaborative Group). g. Review the report (Project Advisory Committee). h. Finalize the report (Consultant with Collaborative Group). Activity 1.2 Report on Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis of ongoing global and inter-country vaccine safety initiatives Description and assumptions: Several international projects designed to improve vaccine safety monitoring are ongoing, those projects are referred to in the proposal as "vaccine safety initiatives". There is, however, only limited understanding of the impact these initiatives currently have in the poorest countries. The purpose of the SWOT analysis is to describe the current structure and accomplishments of 10-15 of the most important of those initiatives and determine how these organizations can best serve the needs of the global effort, and propose roles and responsibilities. This analysis will be performed by a working group developing a set of criteria characterizing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of 10 to 15 international vaccine safety initiatives. The initiatives that will be selected will have been identified through the survey from Activity 1.1 and will satisfy to explicit criteria of global relevance and previous accomplishments. This analysis will also consider the performance of WHO and UNICEF networks. SWOT questionnaires will be structured around the mission, expertise available, geographic reach, type of support provided, resources available and future prospects. Data collected will be analyzed to describe the level of impact for each dimension of coutries vaccine safety work and to identify the main gaps with respect to the currently available external support to country activities. Activities: 1. Develop the analytical criteria (Consultant with Collaborative Group). 2. Define selection criteria and identify the 10-15 most relevant initiatives (Consultant with Collaborative Group). 3. Survey the selected initiatives (Consultant). 4. Analyze the data through a working group (Consultant and Project Consultative Committee). 5. Draft the report Consultant. 6. Review of the report (Project Consultative Committee). 7. Finalize the report (Consultant with Collaborative Group).
