{"id":13088,"date":"2021-01-06T17:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=13088"},"modified":"2021-01-06T17:10:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:10:37","slug":"high-level-meeting-between-the-european-commission-and-the-coalition-for-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=13088","title":{"rendered":"High-level meeting between the European Commission and the Coalition for Vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Today, the European Commission has organised a meeting to inform the Co-Chairs of the Coalition for Vaccination (of which the EFN is co-chairing in the representation of the nursing profession) on the acquisition and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines across EU countries. The meeting was chaired by DG Sante Director-General Sandra Gallina. It was attended by the EFN President, <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Dr. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Elizabeth Adams,<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> the EFN Secretary General, Dr. Paul De Raeve, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">as well as <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">the <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">other <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Co-chairs of the Coalition<\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"> for Vaccination<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">, CPME and PGEU<\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">During this meeting, the <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">European Commission <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">briefed the <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">EFN, CPME and PGEU <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">on the <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">challenges <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">the European Commission faced relating the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> for the EU with <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">the European Commission successfully creat<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">ing <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">a &#8220;portfolio&#8221; of different vaccines from different manufacturers. As of today, two of these have already been approved by the European Medicines Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ema.europa.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">EMA<\/span><\/a>), and one of them is already being <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">rolled out <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">in the Member States. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The European Commission explained to <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">EFN, CPME and PGEU <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">the importance of an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/live-work-travel-eu\/coronavirus-response_en#safecovid19vaccinesforEuropeans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">online portal<\/span><\/a>\u00a0they developed with the state of play of these vaccines<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">accessible for all healthcare professionals and citizens. This portal contains updated information on the COVID-19 vaccination programmes across Europe, as well as the latest scientific evidence, highlighting the safety and efficiency of these vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The Coalition for Vaccination is co-chaired by the European Federation of Nurses Associations (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">EFN<\/span><\/a>), the Standing Committee of European Doctors (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpme.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">CPME<\/span><\/a>), and the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgeu.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">PGEU<\/span><\/a>). It is also backed up by the European Commission which provides coordination and administrative support. The Coalition&#8217;s mission is to commit to delivering accurate information to the public, combating myths and exchanging best practices. The Coalition is based on the 2018 EU Council Recommendation on strengthened cooperation against vaccine-preventable diseases (accessible\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=CELEX:32018H1228(01)&amp;from=GA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">here<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the European Commission has organised a meeting to inform&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12280,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=12280","url_meta":{"origin":13088,"position":0},"title":"The EFN participating in the Coalition for Vaccination meeting","author":"efn efn","date":"March 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Associations of healthcare professionals have established a Coalition for Vaccination to commit to delivering accurate information to the public, combating myths and exchanging best practices. 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