The Ministry of Health of Oman, in close collaboration with WHO, hosted a WHO regional training workshop on revised WHO methodology for causality assessment of adverse events following immunization in Muscat, Oman, on 23–26 June 2014.
More than 20 participants from various countries throughout the Eastern Mediterranean Region were in Oman to build their skills in the detection and investigation of adverse events using the new WHO methodology for assessing the causality of adverse events following immunization.
Serious or unexpected adverse events rarely follow immunization. However, health care providers need to be vigilant on those rare occasions when it may happen and be able to determine if there is a causal relationship with the administration of one or more vaccines.
Related link
User manual for revised causality assessment of an adverse event following immunization