AN EU PROJECT WORKING TO INCREASE
VACCINE TRUST ACROSS THE EU | | IMMUNION (“Improving IMMunisation cooperation in the European UNION”) aims to improve vaccine uptake across the EU by providing access to accurate, evidence-based information about vaccination. This two-year project co-funded by the European Commission’s Health Programme brings together a diverse consortium of 12 partners, from associations of health professionals, to national public health institutes, media experts, and researchers. | | FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE | | | IMMUNION AND THE COALITION FOR VACCINATION |  | | The IMMUNION project has been conceived and designed to strengthen the existing Coalition for Vaccination and improve stakeholder collaboration to increase vaccine uptake across Europe. IMMUNION will specifically increase the visibility and reach of the Coalition for Vaccination through a number of approaches and activities, focused on vaccine communication and education and training of healthcare professionals. | FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
OUR COLLABORATION | | | | | THE COALITION FOR VACCINATION | | The Coalition for Vaccination brings together European associations of healthcare professionals and relevant student associations in the field. It was convened by the European Commission in 2019. The Coalition aims to support delivering accurate information to the public, combating myths around vaccines and vaccination, and exchanging best practices on vaccination. Healthcare professionals’ role is to reassure people that vaccines are safe and effective. | | | SUPPORTING EUROPEAN IMMUNIZATION WEEK 2021 | | IMMUNION was pleased to join this year’s World Health Organization campaign ‘Vaccines Bring Us Closer’. Unsurprisingly, vaccines have been at the forefront of many conversations lately. However, despite tireless efforts by healthcare professionals to dispel common myths and provide valuable, evidence-based information, there’s still a lot of misinformation surrounding vaccines and vaccination. So how do we manage to highlight the importance of vaccines in leading healthy, happy lives? |  | | | For this year’s World Immunization Week, the WHO made it their mission to shift the conversation and remind us all of how vaccination is what enables us to be together with those we hold dear without any safety concerns. | | READ MORE ON THE EUROPEAN IMMUNIZATION WEEK | | HOW TO FIGHT WITH VACCINE HESITANCY?
INTERVIEW |  | Euractiv’s Martyna Kompała sat down with IMMUNION Scientific Advisory Board member Chiara Močnik Pegan, from the European Medical Students' Association, to discuss current challenges related to improving trust in vaccination. As a College Vaccination Program Coordinator, Chiara provides valuable insight on the attitudes of young people towards immunisation and the specific ways in which we can fight disinformation and encourage more people to get vaccinated. | | LISTEN TO THE PODCAST,
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