Technical Consultative Meeting on the EM Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Study – Day 1 (12 November 2022)

Recording of the meeting

Presentations

Meeting Objectives and Introduction of Participants

Cohort Study to Measure COVID-19 VE among Health Workers in Five University Hospitals Related to Al-Azhar University

Evaluation of VE for COVID-19 Vaccine in the American Region

Overview of the EM Regional COVID-19 VE Study & Establishment of the EM Regional COVID-19 VE Network

COVID-19 VE using Test-Negative Case-Control Study in Severe Acute Respiratory Infections: Results from Eight Provinces in Iran

COVID-19 VE against Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Test Negative Design

Notable COVID-19 vaccine studies in KSA

Vaccine effectiveness in hcw at tertiary care hospitals of kp, pakistan: a cohort study

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies: The experience in Qatar

Effectiveness of BBIBP-CorV vaccine against severe outcomes of COVID-19 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

WHO protocols and guidance for evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: Recent revisions and current recommendations

Technical Consultative Meeting on the EM Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Study – Day 2

Recording of the meeting

Presentations

Recap of first day’s sessions: summary of key points

Adapting existing SARI/ILI surveillance platforms for influenza to advance in COVID-19 response

Global update on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies during Omicron

Large-scale national studies and evidence-informed policy-making

Important considerations in the statistical analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies & interpretation of results for immunization policy-making

Vaccination and COVID-19 in Morocco

Regional agenda to support institutionalization of evidenceinformed policy-making for health

Vaccine effectiveness studies to guide immunization policy

WHO EMRO Support for Research and Knowledge Management for COVID-19 Response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Capacity building workshop for the "WHO EMRO COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study: status update and important considerations" – Day 1, November 2022

Day 1 – Recording of workshop
Day 2– Recording of workshop

Day 1 – Presentations

Conducting COVID-19 VE Studies What Next for Policy-making
Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) updates from HQ
Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and use in VE Studies
EMR COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Network: Challenges and the Way Forward
EMR COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Study – Status Update
Role of National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAG) in COVID-19 VE studies in the Region

Day 2 – Presentations

Recap of the First Day of Workshop
Methods to confirm SARS-CoV-2 infections in VE studies
Use of Electronic Health Registries to Estimate COVID-19 VE The Experience of Qatar
COVID-19 and Influenza VE Studies in the WHO European Region: Operational Challenges and Preliminary Results
COVID 19 VEs studies Updated guidance - on study design and bias

Session 1: Interactive capacity-building session on using REDCap for data management in the regional COVID-19 VE study: test-negative design in severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and cohort study in health care workers methods – March 2022

Recording of workshop

Presentations

Interactive Capacity-Building Training Session Using REDCap for Data Management

Session 2: REDCap in the regional COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies: test-negative design in the severe acute respiratory infection method - March 2022

Recording of workshop

Presentations

Test-Negative Design (TND) in Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI)

Session 3: REDCap in the regional COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies: cohort study in health care workers - March 2022

Recording of workshop

Presentations

Cohort Study in Health Care Workers (HCWs)

Capacity-building session for Eastern Mediterranean regional COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study; using cohort study in health care workers’ method: December 2021

Recording of workshop

Presentations

COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Health Workers (HW)
Minimum criteria and checklist of requirements for countries
Post-Introduction COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Studies Among Healthcare Workers in the European Region
Support for COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies in EMR countries: evidence generation for immunization policymaking
Vaccine effectiveness studies to guide immunization policies

Capacity-building session for Eastern Mediterranean regional COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study; using test-negative design in severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) method: December 2021

Recording of workshop

Presentations

COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Cases
2021 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation due to laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in older adults: pre-Delta and Delta periods Pooled results from nine European countries
Existing SARI Surveillance Systems for Influenza and Integration with SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in the EMR
Minimum criteria and checklist of requirements for countries
Support for COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies in EMR countries: evidence generation for immunization policymaking