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Pharmacovigilance to Strengthen Vaccine Confidence and Address Hesitancy: Lessons from Brazil and Beyond
Session Chair(s)
Mayra Martho Moura Oliveira, BSN
pharmacovigilance manager
Instituto Butantan, Brazil
This forum will explore how pharmacovigilance strengthens vaccine confidence and reduces hesitancy through safety monitoring, transparent communication, and healthcare professional training, with lessons from Brazil and international perspectives.
Learning Objective : Describe how pharmacovigilance can strengthen vaccine confidence and address hesitancy; Identify strategies to empower healthcare professionals to improve safety data reporting; Discuss global and national approaches to transparent risk–benefit communication in immunization.
Speaker(s)
The role of healthcare professionals: how training and information dissemination transform trust in vaccines.
Vera Lúcia Gattás, PHD
Instituto Butantan , Brazil
QPPV
Pharmacovigilance as a Trust-Building Tool: From Surveillance to Confidence
Patrícia Mouta Nunes Oliveira, MD
Biomanguinhos/Fiocruz, Brazil
Pharmacovigilance specialist
Beyond Data: Communicating Adverse Events Without Fueling Hesitancy
Representative Invited
Pan American Health Organization, Brazil
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