The World Health Organization (WHO), through its Department of Regulation and Prequalification, provides guidance to the United Nations Children's Fund, other interested United Nations agencies, Member States and international/intergovernmental organizations in their procurement decisions to ensure that vaccines provided through the United Nations and international/intergovernmental agencies for use in national immunization services in different countries are safe, effective and suitable for the target populations at the recommended immunization schedules and with appropriate concomitant products.
Since the last revision published in 2013 in TRS 978, the proposed changes reflect the experience gained through interactions with stakeholders, new regulatory collaborations and implementation of the procedure itself.
You are invited to review the roadmap and input any feedback via this feedback form:
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Please submit your comments by 10 July 2026 – date after which the public consultation will be closed.
To ensure transparency and rigor, all contributions will go through the following process:
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- Review: A dedicated WHO technical team, in consultation with subject matter experts, will review each comment for relevance, accuracy, and alignment with the PQ procedure's objectives.
- Integration: Approved suggestions will be incorporated into the document using tracked changes.
Where multiple comments address the same point, they will be merged.
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