Dear subscriber

The UK Health Security Agency and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health are running their annual ‘Fundamentals of Immunisation’ course on 14^th and 15^th April 2026.

This two-day intense theoretical course is designed for those new to a role in immunisation and is most suited to those who give or advise on a range of different vaccines.

Fundamentals of Immunisation

• attendance at this event is in person only
• course fee: £250 for two days (£125 for one day)

The course comprises a series of lectures from national immunisation experts and will provide delegates with the latest information on the range of topics included in the ‘Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training’. A basic level of prior immunisation knowledge and familiarity with the Green Book (Immunisation against infectious disease) will be assumed.

The programme includes the following topics:

• why immunisation matters
• vaccine manufacture and vaccines trials
• immunology of immunisation
• current and emerging issues in vaccine preventable disease
• monitoring vaccine safety
• talking with parents about immunisation
• vaccine coverage data collections
• maximising immunisation uptake
• legal issues
• practical issues storage and administration
• the scientific basis of national vaccine policy
• designing, informing and monitoring immunisation programmes

Book your place here now

If you have any queries, please contact Helen Bedford h.bedford@ucl.ac.uk or Laura Craig laura.craig@ukhsa.gov.uk.

Best wishes, 

The Immunisation publications team. 

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