The European Immunization Week (EIW) is a regional initiative, led and coordinated by WHO/Europe (EURO) and implemented by Member States addressing their particular immunization related issues. Partner organizations, including UNICEF and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), contribute at regional and national levels.

EIW aims to help Member States advance plans to ensure universal immunization by using the power of advocacy and targeted communication to boost awareness and increase the success of immunization programmes in reaching individuals who have not been immunized or who did not receive all needed vaccinations.

In 2010, the fifth EIW will take place between 24 April and 1 May. EIW will emphasize national immunization efforts towards meeting the regional goal to eliminate measles and rubella by the end of 2010. Furthermore, WHO/EURO will join with the WHO Pan American Regional Office (PAHO) Vaccine Week in the America’s and the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)Vaccine Week in the Eastern Mediterranean in the same week to simultaneously implement these regional immunization efforts.