In 2006, WHO created the African Vaccine Regulatory Forum (AVAREF) as an informal capacity-building platform aimed at improving the regulatory oversight of interventional clinical trials being conducted in Africa.

African Vaccination Week (AVW) is an annual event celebrated during the last week of April, with the aim of strengthening immunization programmes in the African Region by increasing awareness of the importance of every person’s need and right to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.