Vaccinology

About

The Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) of the University of Antwerp invites you to join in an unforgettable summer school to boost your knowledge and skills on vaccine preventable infectious diseases, vaccinations, vaccine related immunology and vaccine safety issues.

Course leader

Ricardo Burdier, Laura Téblick & Eline Van den Bosch, sumvax@uantwerpen.be

Target group

The Summer School aims to offer an additional course to the current curricula of undergraduate and postgraduate students in (para)medical sciences. Priority for participation is offered to students of the WHO-European region.

​Scholarships are available for undergraduate students from the WHO-European region.

ESPID-members benefit a reduction of the participation fee.

Participants will be admitted according to the date of registration and ensuring a balance in terms of regions and gender. Acceptance and payment methods will be notified by the Summer School secretariat and registration will be confirmed after we received your payment of the programme fee.

Course aim

Vaccines are one of the most effective health interventions ever developed. Immunization is a safe and effective way to protect people against several diseases. The risks of these diseases are far greater than the risk of immunization. Immunization coverage remains a matter of concern as long as people are not protected against sometimes fatal complications of infectious diseases.

Good vaccination programmes and well-trained health professionals make a difference! However, vaccinology is a poorly addressed issue during training of future health care workers, leaving many without the necessary skills and knowledge on communication about vaccines and how to administer them. Because immunization is a responsibility of all health care workers, our program is of interest to all medical, nursing or midwifery students and postgraduates.

Fee info

Non-students: €1700. The tuition fee includes course material, accommodation, coffee breaks, all meals on course days, social activities and a farewell dinner.