Priorities for the national vaccine plan
By: Committee on Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780309146531
Description: "Vaccination is a fundamental component of preventive medicine and public health. The use of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases has resulted in dramatic decreases in disease, disability, and death in the United States and around the world. The current political, economic, and social environment presents both opportunities for and challenges to strengthening the U.S. system for developing, manufacturing, regulating, distributing, funding, and administering safe and effective vaccines for all people. Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan examines the extraordinarily complex vaccine enterprise, from research and development of new vaccines to financing and reimbursement of immunization services. The book makes recommendations about priority actions in the update to the National Vaccine Plan that are intended to achieve the objectives of disease prevention and enhancement of vaccine safety. It is centered on the plan's five goals in the areas of vaccine development, safety, communication, supply and use, and global health."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Development of new and improved vaccines; title: The safety of vaccines and vaccination practices; title: Informed vaccine decision making; title: Vaccine supply and use; title: Vaccines and global health; title: Coordination.