The World Health Organisation (WHO) Vaccine Safety Net Project (VSN) officially launched in August 31, 2004 and was communicated to the media on May 10, 2005. The aim to improve global dissemination, via the internet [6], of information on vaccine safety that adheres to good information practices – linking to trusted sources of vaccine information. The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) [1] who “was constituted by WHO in September 1999″, to respond promptly, efficiently, and with scientific rigour to vaccine safety issues of potential global importance,” [2] this committee determines who is a good source of vaccine info. [3]
The Vaccine Safety Net is a global network of websites, evaluated by the WHO advisory committee, that provide reliable information on vaccine safety”. WHO evaluates the electronic resources (websites) for their adherence to the criteria of credibility, content, accessibility and design. [4]
The trusted websites included private, non-profits like Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) [5] who is affiliated with Bill Gates’ Children’s Vaccine Program (CVP) who together are the Allied Vaccine Group (AVG).