Vaccination against infectious diseases in man and animal

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Vaccination against infectious diseases in man
and animal

• Overview of the FEAMs project proposal for the
  European Commission
• (Public Health Programme 2003-2008
• Call for Proposals 2007)

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Vaccinations against infectious diseases in man
and animal

• Steering Committee
• Chairman Paul-Pierre Pastoret (Director of the
  World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)) 
• Scientific Advisor Peter Lachmann (FEAM Past
  President Emeritus Professor of Immunology,
  University of Cambridge)
• Pierre Bégué (Former Head of Paediatrics, Hôpital
  Trousseau, Paris)
• Robin Fears (Senior Policy Advisor, Academy of
  Medical Sciences)
• Adrian Hill (Welcome Trust Principal Research
  Scientist, University of Oxford)
• Hans-Dieter Klenk (Director of the Institute of
  Virology, Phillips University Marburg)
• Maria-Céu Machado (High Commissioner for Health,
  Portugal and President, National Commission for
  Health in Childhood Adolescence)
• Roman Prymula (Chairman of the Czech
  Vaccinological Society Dean of the Faculty of
  military health sciences)
• Joost Ruitenberg (Professor of International
  Public Health, Free University Amsterdam,
  Chairman of the Health Council of the Netherlands
  Committee on the National Vaccination Programme)
• George Saroglou (Professor of Internal Medicine
  and Infectious Diseases, Nursing Department,
  University of Athens)
• Paolo Villari (Preventive Medicine, Department of
  Health Management, University of La Sapienza,
  Rome)
• André Govaerts (FEAM Secretary General Emeritus
  Professor of Immunology, ULB)

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Vaccinations against infectious diseases in man
and animal

• Three themes and corresponding study groups were
  identified at the Brussels Conference in November
  2006
• Strategies of vaccination strength in diversity
• Co-chairs Roman Prymula (Czech Republic),
  George Saroglou (Greece),Paolo Villari (Italy)
• Unmet public health and animal needs
• Co-chairs Adrian Hill (United Kingdom) and
  Paul-Pierre Pastoret (Belgium)
• Public Engagement
• Co-chairs Joost Ruitenberg (The Netherlands)
  and Maria-Céu Machado (Portugal)

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Vaccinations against infectious diseases in man
and animal

• Main activities (from December 2007 to November
  2010)
• 4 public events to be organised with the support
  of the national academies concerned and the
  relevant EU Presidencies
• December 2007 launch in Lisbon
• September 2008 public plenary meeting in Paris
• June 2009 public plenary meeting in Prague
• November 2010 public plenary meeting in Brussels
  and end of the project
• 3 reports and 1 layman information leaflet to be
  presented at the public plenary meetings
• September 2008 presentation of the first annual
  report
• June 2009 presentation of the second annual
  report and the information leaflet
• November 2010 presentation of the final
  synthesis report
• 1 website for internal and external communications

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Vaccinations against infectious diseases in man
and animal

• FEAM proposal divided into 6 work packages
• WP1 strategies of vaccination strength in
  diversity
• WP2 unmet public and animal health needs
• WP3 public engagement
• Compulsory, horizontal packages
• WP4 coordination of the project
• WP5 dissemination of the project (including the
  4 public events)
• WP6 evaluation of the project (including the
  Evaluation group)
• Main, associated and collaborating partners
• Main partner FEAM
• Associated partners
• organisation of expert meetings, hosting of
  conferences, elaboration of reports
• Contractual relationship with FEAM and EC
• Costs incurred included in the budget and travel
  expense of experts covered (if included in
  proposal)
• Contribution in kind from experts who are public
  officials as source of income
• Collaborating partner
• No contractual relationship, no costs covered

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Vaccinations against infectious diseases in man
and animal

• Budget
• Approximately 1.800.000 euros (over 3 years)
• EC Public Health Programme 2003-2008 is based on
  co-financing
• up to 60 for most selected projects
• up to 80 for projects with significant EU-added
  value
• Sources of income to cover the 20 to 40
  co-financing from FEAM and Partners
• Contribution in kind from public officials
• Private sponsorship
• Without EC funds, the programme will have to be
  reviewed extensively.

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Vaccinations against infectious diseases in man
and animal

• Title of the project
• Acronym AVOID epidemics
• Full title Action on Vaccine Opportunities for
  Infectious Diseases?