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WHO vaccines prequalification provides advice to UNICEF and other United Nations agencies to help them ensure that the vaccines they procure for use in national immunization programmes are safe, effective and of assured quality and comply with WHO-recommended standards.
It achieves this by:
- applying WHO recommendations, as found in WHO quality, safety and efficacy standards for vaccines, made by SAGE and contained in various WHO position papers
- promoting adherence to good practices, including good manufacturing processes and good clinical practice
- assessing vaccines according to a prioritization list which reflects Member States demand, programmatic needs and supply security
- stipulatilng post-prequalification commitments and obligations (e.g. to communicate and investigate vaccine related complaints from the field).