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Accurate and transparent information on vaccination must be made available to patients and to the general public and the EU is taking action. Delivering on the key actions adopted by the Council Recommendation on 7 December 2018, the European Commission hosts today (4 March) in Brussels the first Coalition for Vaccination's meeting, bringing together European associations of health-care workers as well as relevant students' associations in the field.

The Coalition is also being set-up as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared vaccine hesitancy one of the major global threats and confirming that 1.5 million deaths could be avoided if immunization coverage improved. The Coalition further aims to increase confidence in vaccines and improve the uptake of vaccination by citizens.

Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said: “I am very proud to see so many health-care professionals participating today at the kick-off meeting of the Coalition for Vaccination – the first fruit of the Council Recommendation. By being the first interlocutors in delivering correct information on vaccination to their patients, the role of healthcare workers in making the lives of all of us safer is immense. I strongly welcome the commitment of the Coalition to make vaccination the easiest choice, and wish them success in their valuable work.”

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