ESWI Pandemic Preparedness Workshop
for Public Health Officials

The next edition of the PHO workshop will be held on 17th of September 2010 at 10h00 at the Chatelain Hotel in Brussels, Belgium.

The importance of seasonal influenza vaccination will be the main focus of the Fourth ESWI Workshop for Public Health Officials. Preliminary lecture topics are:

• The virological difference between epidemic and pandemic influenza; H1N1 pandemic update (Prof A. Osterhaus)
• The importance of seasonal influenza vaccination; Maximizing seasonal vaccination coverage in Europe (Prof. B. Lina)
• Cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination; Drivers and barriers in vaccination strategies: the US perspective (Prof. K. Nichol)
• How to increase vaccination rates: an example from The Netherlands (Dr. G.A. van Essen)